One Night Only (143 page)

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Authors: Emma Heatherington

Tags: #Contemporary Fiction, #Humor, #Contemporary Women, #Romantic Comedy, #Contemporary, #Romance, #Sagas, #New Adult & College, #Inspirational, #Women's Fiction, #Literature & Fiction

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Sh
e
though
t
abou
t
T
revo
r
wh
o
wa
s
probabl
y
slating
he
r
nam
e
t
o
hi
s
famil
y
,
blamin
g
he
r
fo
r
al
l
hi
s
wrongdoings
an
d
searchin
g
fo
r
sympath
y
fro
m
anyon
e
wh
o
woul
d
give
i
t
t
o
him
.
Sh
e
didn

t
hav
e
th
e
strengt
h
t
o
argu
e
wit
h
him.
Sh
e
woul
d
kee
p
he
r
dignit
y
,
fin
d
a
goo
d
solicito
r
(i
f
there wa
s
suc
h
a
thing
)
an
d
tr
y
an
d
pic
k
u
p
th
e
piece
s
o
f
he
r
life
a
s
i
t
was
.
The
n
sh
e
woul
d
quietl
y
mov
e
on
,
jus
t
a
s
Ruth ha
d
whe
n
sh
e
wa
s
face
d
wit
h
a
simila
r
conundrum
,
and mak
e
sur
e
tha
t
Dann
y
wasn

t
affecte
d
b
y
th
e
mes
s
his
fathe
r
ha
d
created
.

Rut
h
wa
s
thinkin
g
o
f
he
r
mothe
r
an
d
ho
w
o
r
whe
n
she
coul
d
eve
n
begi
n
t
o
buil
d
bridges
.
Bu
t
wher
e
woul
d
she
start
?
Sh
e
couldn

t
jus
t
lan
d
o
n
he
r
mother

s
doorstep unannounced
,
coul
d
she
?
Tha
t
woul
d
b
e
enoug
h
t
o
put th
e
woma
n
int
o
a
n
earl
y
grav
e
an
d
sh
e
ha
d
alread
y
been responsibl
e
fo
r
he
r
il
l
healt
h
dow
n
th
e
years
,
o
r
s
o
sh
e
was
le
d
t
o
believe
.
No
,
sh
e
woul
d
hav
e
t
o
thin
k
o
f
anothe
r
,
mor
e
subtl
e
approach
.
A
wa
y
o
f
makin
g
amend
s
woul
d
be
he
r
focu
s
fro
m
no
w
on
.
Poll
y
an
d
T
es
s
ha
d
prove
n
t
o
her tha
t
i
t
wa
s
neve
r
to
o
lat
e
t
o
forgiv
e
an
d
forget
.
Y
es
,
she
ha
d
mad
e
man
y
mistake
s
bu
t
hopefull
y
,
jus
t
hopefull
y
,
she
coul
d
fi
x
thi
s
ver
y
las
t
par
t
o
f
he
r
lif
e
tha
t
ha
d
been broke
n
fo
r
wa
y
to
o
long
.

Polly

s
min
d
wa
s
a
flurr
y
o
f
drea
d
an
d
anticipatio
n
of wha
t
th
e
futur
e
hel
d
fo
r
he
r
marriag
e
an
d
he
r
young
famil
y
.
Sh
e
ha
d
bee
n
s
o
clos
e
t
o
losin
g
i
t
al
l
las
t
night
.
She
woul
d
neve
r
forge
t
ho
w
T
es
s
ha
d
steppe
d
in
,
just
moment
s
befor
e
sh
e
le
t
hersel
f
dow
n
s
o
badl
y
.
I
f
sh
e
had a
s
muc
h
a
s
kisse
d
tha
t
youn
g
gu
y
i
n
th
e
ba
r
,
i
t
woul
d
have bee
n
enoug
h
t
o
mak
e
he
r
doub
t
he
r
feeling
s
fo
r
James
foreve
r
.
Bu
t
sh
e
reall
y
ha
d
bee
n
close
.
Wha
t
di
d
tha
t
tell
her
?
Tha
t
sh
e
didn

t
lov
e
him
?
Tha
t
sh
e
didn

t
respect him
?
O
r
wa
s
i
t
jus
t
a
drunke
n
encounte
r
tha
t
sh
e
was ove
r
-analysin
g
an
d
tha
t
sh
e
woul
d
lear
n
t
o
forge
t
and
forgiv
e
hersel
f
for
?

Sh
e
kne
w
ther
e
wa
s
somethin
g
wron
g
an
d
sh
e
was terrifie
d
a
s
t
o
ho
w
sh
e
wa
s
goin
g
t
o
ge
t
he
r
lif
e
bac
k
on trac
k
again
.

An
d
the
n
ther
e
wa
s
T
ess
.
Ro
b
ha
d
bee
n
hi
s
usual chirp
y
sel
f
o
n
th
e
phone
.
Sometime
s
h
e
reall
y
wa
s
too goo
d
t
o
b
e
true
.
Hi
s
structur
e
i
n
hi
s
lif
e
an
d
hi
s
positive
outloo
k
ha
d
alway
s
complemente
d
T
ess

s
potentia
l
wild streak
.
H
e
wa
s
th
e
onl
y
on
e
wh
o
coul
d
straighte
n
ou
t
her mind
,
wh
o
coul
d
reassur
e
he
r
tha
t
sh
e
wa
s
a
goo
d
person an
d
wh
o
woul
d
g
o
t
o
th
e
end
s
o
f
th
e
eart
h
fo
r
he
r
.
So
wha
t
o
n
eart
h
woul
d
h
e
sa
y
whe
n
h
e
foun
d
ou
t
sh
e
was potentiall
y
i
n
a
lo
t
o
f
trouble
?
Sh
e
woul
d
hav
e
t
o
g
o
to cour
t
an
d
defen
d
he
r
name
.
He
r
nam
e
woul
d
b
e
i
n
the loca
l
papers
.
Sh
e
woul
d
b
e
suc
h
a
let-dow
n
t
o
Rob
,
t
o
her
famil
y
,
t
o
he
r
schoo
l
.
.
.

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