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The truth was she was tired of being pissed off about the divorce

Soe at a

Beck’s whole life had been

destroyed At least Michael had the good sense to divorce her before

they had kids It had been a mistake, and it was past time to move on

“He was a young ot married I

was only twenty-two I enty-five e divorced two years

ago We were just stupid kids trying to be grownups I wanted a

family He wanted to play Xbox and drink beer It’s a typical

American story”

Beck’s hair was long and flowed around his shoulders and down

his back He’d taken it down after he’d gotten the fire going It had

been an oddly erotic moment His eyes had been on her, and she’d

watched as he brushed it out Now, it was a silken blanket around his

body