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Ava crinkled her nose at her uncharacteristically glooht two o and were happier than she’d ever seen either one of them before They cowriters and she wasn’t jealous

Not at all

Her life was rolling along just fine Her art gallery, Gallery Nouveau, had just been reviewed in a prestigious art azine and she was busier than ever It was true that her love-life was a little on the nonexistent side, but her break-up three years ago with Colyn—the man she had believed she would eventually marry—had left her emotionally drained and a little wary

At nearly twenty years her senior he had seeeois intellectualise and loved her for herself It had taken a couple of years to figure out that his subtle criticisms of her status and his desire to ‘teach’ her all that he knewas her father

And she really wished he hadn’t popped into her mind, because now she felt truly terrible

The only other tis wandering by herself along the Seine, when she was unable to avoid watching couples so helplessly in love with each other they couldn’t walk two paces without stopping to steal another kiss

She had never felt that Not once

She frowned, wondering if she ever would

After Colyn she had been determined only to date nice men with solid fas But they hadn’t inspired much more than friendship in her Thankfully her business kept her too busy to dwell on what she lacked, and if she was getting older

Pah!

Stahts, she adjusted the volume dial on the radio and wasn’t at all prepared when she put her foot on the brake to slon for a bend in the road and nothing happened I that she had put her foot on the accelerator instead, she’d ravel and started to slide