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She was going to have to find someone to finish her dream room Kacey had already told her she’d be hoether Her sister thought she was going to pay the second contractor, too, but she wasn’t Lacey had enough in savings to build a whole new house if she wanted to And she was going to stand firm on this one

Nodown in the middle of the road for her

She didn’t kid herself into thinking she was suddenly going to be bright and bold and bitchy, or even anything close She ho she was She gotto learn how to speak up for herself To demand what she needed

In a kind way, of course, because it wasn’t fair to those who cared about her if she didn’t Kacey’s pain, her sister’s guilt, had been a real eye-opener to her She’d set Kacey up for failure by not expressing her feelings until the one night they’d spilled over and ruined her sister’s world

They were past that now Had been over and over and over it all over and over and over again during their week together

Avoiding the unfinished drearabbed the key off the kitchen table, shoving it in the first drawer she ca back tears

She’d made her ultimatum He’d made his choice

Neither one of them could take either back

She’d been unfair to him He’d been unfair to her, too Neither of them could help who they were

And if they couldn’t stand up for each other, they weren’t good for each other, either

Pro would be easier, she rolled her suitcase down the hall She and Kacey had already talked everything through She was going to unpack Take a hot bath Go to bed Get up in the o to work

If she couldn’t get to sleep, she was going to call Kacey

And on Friday, Kacey would be there, filling her home Just as she’d filled Kacey’s the past week

She flipped on the bedrooht

Soht