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Dr Hansen put her notepad down and ave it a squeeze

“I think the real question here is what do you want going forward? If it’s being happy, then work on finding what ain And if Brody features into that, then let it be”

“I’m scared,” I adive me?”

Dr Hansen s Motherly “It will all be okay,” she said “You’ll see”

I gave her a sht

AFTER SPENDING THE rest ofover Dr Hansen’s advice, I took a slow, leisurely drive to Huntley and Grayson’s house They were having a barbeque with the fanancy I always looked forward to their barbeques and after an enlightening session with Dr Hansen, I was excited to spend the evening enjoying myself with the people I cared about the most

I caift from the backseat It was a spur of thethat would , and followed the sound of loud chatter and laughter co from outside on the deck Huntley’s face lit up when she sawme without hesitation I hadn’t seen her for teeks while her and Grayson were on their honeymoon in Paris I’d missed her fiercely

“I’rin on her face She was absolutely glowing

“You too,” I replied, returning her grin “I missed you”

“I ift out and handed it to her

“What is this?”

“Open it”

She lifted the lid off the small pink box and took out the necklace with the heart pendant It was engraved with ‘A best friend is a sister that Destiny forgot to give you”

“It’s beautiful,” she sniffled She wavedand said, “Hormones, don’t mind me I love it”

Just then, Grayson stepped up to her side, not noticing her brief bout of blubbering, and pulled e falling froood

“I’”

Grayson chuckled and looked Huntley with pure adoration “I had a hard ti Three days in and she wanted to come home because she missed Hunter”

Huntley responded with a playful slap, and replied, “You’re such an ass, Gray You know you missed him too!”

He winked at her and gave her a chaste kiss “Whatever you say, wife”

They were so in love it was nauseating And sweet They were proof that true love and happy ever after’s didn’t only exist in the romance novels that crowded my e-reader

I cleared my throat and a rose colored blush crept over Huntley’s cheeks “I’ to say hi to everyone else Try not to rip each other’s clothes off while I’one”

“No prohed I made my way around the deck and said hello to Grayson’s parents, noticing that Jeff had been absent We hadn’t spoken since the wedding and I missed him, but I understood his need for space I just hoped we could, at so friends I moved on to Huntley’s aunt and uncle and then finally on to Brody’s grandparents I was talking to Brody’s grand into the back of my head The fine hairs on the back of my neck stood at attention, and my skin prickled with awareness I kneas Brody before I turned around, but when our eyes met, my heart stuttered He’d always had that effect on me Everyone else disappeared and just like it had been before, it was just the two of us His hair was a sexy disheveled rey t-shirt I caught the s him It couldn’t be helped It came naturally to me, despite all that had happened between us, and that fay still pulsated between us We had so much to talk about, and I wanted to talk to hi mattered then