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Chapter 1

Paige

“Oh, my God! Oh, my God! No! No! No!” I ht fro I am SO severely screwed

I stand in the tiny airport blinking quickly, trying very hard not to cry

My cell phone rings It’s e!

“Hi, Mohtly

“Where are you?” she hisses into the phone “Brooke is losing her mind”

“Tell her not to worry! I’ll be there in plenty of time”

“Plenty of tio! You’ve ht on the pirate ship…” she says

“I’ve got three hours It’s a twenty-ht away” I hurry down the airport,behind me as I frantically search for a charter, preferably a cheap one, since I only have a couple hundred left on my credit card

“I can’t believe you’ve done this again, Paige Not this ti inphotos in tento miss that, too The hair stylist andlike the other bridesmaids”

“I know, but if you knehat the last two days have been like—“

“—What tiht leave?”

“Uer, but then we’re loading up” Oh, I’ to hell for all the lies I’ve told her since I left New York

“Gotta go, Mom! I think she just showed up!”

I hang up before she can say anything else and skid to a stop in front of a charter service kiosk No one is standing behind the counter so I ring the bell repeatedly, even though I know it’s totally obnoxious “Hello! I’ency! I need your help”

A woman in a white uniform co? You’re in a huge hurry to leave paradise so you can relax somewhere better for a few days?”

Well, that wasn’t very nice I s married today over on a tiny little island called Lover’s Cay, I was supposed to be there two days ago, only I—”

“Save it I don’t have any more planes today It’s the World Cup finals All the pilots have gone to the pub”

“What? That’s not a thing The world doesn’t shut down for a soccer game”