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Chapter 3

6 weeks later

“Miss Harris?” the perky blonde flight attendant gently tapped , Miss Harris Would you like some coffee?”

“Yes, please,” I ht was not packed with passengers in Business Class and both seats next tothe sleep out of my eyes, I looked out of theto see the Atlantic Ocean below, the white caps of wavestheir way to land

I glance around the cabin and see other passengers waking up as well Business up laptops, ready to conquer the world A wo for his glasses A couple two aisles over, cuddling, holding hands, obviously very much in love

It had been a ind of activity the last six weeks Packingto decide what to take to London and what to leave behind In the , I was able to locate online a furnished one bedroohborhood just outside of London, called Coddingham Court From the pictures on its website, it looks lovely Quaint, bed and breakfast style, with a small courtyard in the back

Saying goodbye to Heather was difficult “You take care of yourself over there,” she said, tearfully

“I will, pro my best to blink the tears back

I had also gone hoia is a small, Southern town a little over an hour’s drive northwest of Atlanta Known as the “Carpet Capital of the World,” with rew up My parents still live there, both working as ers at Meadowlands Carpets, a wholesale carpet outlet

Dalton was a great place to grow up, a s each other on the street s to help out their neighbor I had a happy childhood there I’est of the family with two older brothers, Paul and Luke For as nice a place Dalton is, I knew there was et a scholarship to the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, a very lively college town After college it was ti city of Atlanta

First Atlanta, now London Not bad for a s the world

My mother couldn’t have been happier for , eyes shining with tears of joy My ry, angry It doesn’tmy visit she cooked reen to to miss her delicious Southern food

I look down at un It wasn’t bad, especially for airline food – bagel, crearanola bar I sipped er and ould begin our decent into London I lean back intoabout my new life ahead of me

Life was going to be different now I could feel it