The countdown continues.
14 Days Until Trust
Chapter 1 continued...
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Jade shook her head.
“How can you say that?”
“Easy.” Pointing to
the closed bedroom door, I drove my point home. I knew a thing or two about
dependence. Feeling like there was no choice. Anna had a choice, and I was
going to make sure, one way or another, that she knew it. “Look at her. She can
barely function now that he’s not around. I don’t think it gets any clearer
than that.”
“You are so
stubborn. What is it you have against Stephan that you can’t see that, on top
of everything else, Anna is suffering from a broken heart? Maybe it’s different
for guys. Maybe you don’t deal with it the same way. But it’s not uncommon for
a female to lock herself away from the world for a week and bury herself in a
tub of ice cream.”
“A week?” I turned
away from her again, marching back to the window, wishing the twisting in my
gut would stop. “I could’ve handled a week. She’s been like this since she got
here.”
“It’s different.”
I glanced over my
shoulder, meeting her gaze. “Of course it is. And it’s his fault.”
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