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The stubborn, prideful part of me hasn’t wanted to tell anyone what Liam did, not even my sisters But the lonely, broken, certain-I-a Lark call Liam a bastard so ood for the man who broke my heart into a thousand, razor-sharp pieces I needed Lark’s strong hug and assurance that the best days ofalone with h to sendflame of hope in my heart

I fell asleep more easily than I have inNash Geary and his ih back ere kids, but the man he is now…

Well, now, Nash is the stuff of fantasies

And naughty drea me, hi

Nodinner with him had been, it was almost worth it for a dreaht the first time

Between the talk with Lark, the perfect late night withwine through my nose over stories from ere little—and the delicious dreaorated and ready for a fresh start

Instead, I have…dread

It’s al inside of me knows

Knows I’ to run into Mason’s creepy uncle at the store while picking up the diapers I forgot to grab yesterday Knows Parker will tellif he still has any of Mason’s things, and that Parker will givelot of the A&P

Knoill take those papers hoh the box during Felicity’s nap, even though a voice in my head screams for me to leave it alone, to let Lark and Mason be happy and quit looking for the fly in the ointment

Knoill find so that proves that Mason is a liar—a liar then, and a liar now, and ain

And once I know the truth, I can’t un-know it I can’t turn back time and restore my own innocence, and I can’t sit back and let Lark be tricked by thesister once before

I don’t want to destroy Lark’s dream, but I don’t want my sister to be destroyed, either I don’t want Lark to knohat it’s like to give everything she has to a man, only to be left alone and devastated when he decides everything isn’t good enough I don’t want my sister to hurt the way I hurt, the way I’, no s come into my life