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Martina burst through the crowd of people huddled at the finish line, trying to squeeze her way to the front He would finish the race any minute

Sheover the edge watching, waiting, trying to distinguish between the runners They all looked the sa spandex and white numbers plastered across their chests But she would know him a mile away She would know as soon as Rob made his way around the corner

It took death to bring her back She was cheated Her plans failed to follow their course She planned on bypassing connections, refusing to form solid relationships with people

But the death of one of her clients ripped her plans in two She was supposed to go ho pao home and die in peace But she didn’t make it home

Instead, Martina watched as the paramedics wheeled the stretcher out of the ashra rubber s would be with her forever

No matter how hard she tried she would never be able to cheat death Mac was right She was always right Life would be full of heartache and pain, and if Mac wasn’t there to get her through those tough times, ould?

Rob He gave her what she wanted That one time was all it took to free her froh the void but she was too stubborn to notice

Martina thought back to the last tiether She could still smell the cinnamon, feel the leather under her skin, and taste the sweetness of his cock She realized that her need for a sexual adventure wasmore than death and loneliness When she ith Rob those things didn’t exist, just overwhel sensation

Rob was already “Mac approved” All Martina had to do was prove herself to hiet hierie beneath her coat was the first step in ain

Rob saw the finish line in sight The perfect end to a crisp, Canadian spring day He woke up this , his head clear and pain-free, and now that he approached the end, not a sign of a raine to come If he kept on pace for the last half-mile he would achieve his personal best as an adult

He’d put everything he had into training the last twoabout Martina Drea about Martina

Every time he saoman with auburn hair his heart would leap Whenever he walked by a yoga studio he would look through theto see if she was inside He was hopeless Pathetic

Aleks had tried to get hi him to woman after woet in up for another woman Not while he was still in love with

Martina

He’d given her what she wanted He hoped that by doing so he opened her eyes to the truth she wasn’t willing to see What she did with that truth was up to her