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Romy’s eyes go soft as she studies me. “Oh, honey. That’s just life. You take the good with the bad. You lean on the good to deal with the bad.” She reaches across the bar, taking my hand in hers. “But you’ve got to let yourself be happy.”

Then she swipes her thumb across my cheek, wiping away the tear I didn’t even realize was falling.

I grab for a bar napkin, sniffling and trying to smile. “I don’twantto be like this,” I say. “I just don’t know how to be any other way.”

She smiles. “Maybe start with that very handsome doctor who looks at you like you invented orgasms?”

CHAPTER 27

MAY 15 AT 2:30 PM

Wyatt

Eden is crawling!

Owen

Way to go, kid!

Wyatt

Holy shit, she’s going straight for the outlets

Owen

The hardware store has covers, want me to pick some up and bring them by?

Wyatt

Please. This kid is barely 7 months old and she’s scaring the shit out of me

MAY 19 AT 11:17 AM

Wyatt

I just ran into Felix at the hardware store. He says you’re getting an outdoor shower?

Owen

We’re probably just getting the plumbing for an outdoor shower. It’ll be another six months before he finishes the job

Wyatt

Ouch. Twin troubles?

Owen

He started some rewiring and didn’t finish, a thing I discovered when I grabbed a metal pull chain to turn on a ceiling fan and way too many volts coursed through my body

So forgive me if my faith in my brother’s house projects is shaky

Wyatt

Too bad. We could had some fun in that shower

JUNE 1 AT 4:47 PM

Wyatt

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