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Michelle
Lynn
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She pulls out of her parking space, and
my heart constricts as I watch her drive away from me again. I should duck down
so she doesn’t see me, but my eyes won't veer from her. The beat-up Jetta
passes and my stomach clenches. My hand itches to yank the car handle open. My
feet beg to disobey and run to her. I don't have to, because she slams on the
breaks and her eyes are locked on mine. Hope pours from mine while hers fume
with anger.
She throws the car into park, thrusts
the door open, and stomps directly to my door.
She bangs on the window and I jump.
"Why are you here?" she screams through the pane.
As I lower the window, the smell of
jasmine breezes in. Her perfume still has the capacity to calm me.
"Hey, Taylor."
"Don't ‘Hey’ me. Why are you
here?" Her voice is sharp and cold, and nothing like I remember. Not sure
why I wouldn't expect less though.
"I thought we could talk." My
fingers move to the knob of my stereo to turn down the music.
"There's nothing to talk about.
Leave."
She turns and walks back to her car.
I exit my truck and wrap my fingers
around her wrist to stop her. She yanks it out of my grip.
"Don't ever touch me," she
seethes, and I hold my hands up in the air.
"Taylor," I whisper, and she
twists around. The look of fury heavy in her eyes.
She ignores the fact that I’m talking
and climbs back into her car. I try to slide through the sliver of the open
door, but she squeezes me out and the door rattles shut.
I knock on the window, but she shifts
the car into drive. Her hesitation as she sits and studies the steering wheel,
tells me my cause isn't lost. Maybe I have a chance. I knock again, softer this
time. Her tear-filled eyes look up at me through the dirty glass, and my heart
breaks for what I've done. If I affect her this much two years later, how bad
did I destroy her then?
"Please," I beg, and she
closes her eyes. I watch her shallow breathing falter.
As though she had a lapse of judgment,
she shakes her head and the pain in her eyes disappears, returning to
resentment once more. "Go back to your fiancée, Brad."
Her tires squeal before the rubber
catches pavement. Within a minute, she's left me—again.
"Fuck!" I lift my leg in the
air as my toes ignite with heat. She fucking rolled over my foot.
The pain in my foot is nothing compared
to the pain in my heart as I watch her taillights disappear around the corner.
Michelle moved around the Midwest most of her
life, transferring from school to school before settling down in the outskirts
of Chicago ten years ago, where she now resides with her husband and two
kids. She developed a love of reading at
a young age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to write. With the encouragement of her family, she
finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been floating
around in her head. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found playing
with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out with her family
and friends. But after chasing around
two kindergarteners all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after
putting the kids to bed.
Another
excerpt tomorrow you don’t want to miss it.
Book #1
The equations are simple.
Piper Ashby + Brad Ashby = Twin Siblings
Brad Ashby + Tanner McCain = Best Friends
Piper Ashby + Tanner McCain = Off limits
Tanner and I abided by the rules. We stayed on our designated sides of the relationship circle.
Ignoring swarming butterflies.
Brushing off skipped heartbeats.
Settling on lingering stares.
Here’s the secret … a hand extended over that invisible line once, exponentially changing the equation. I was convinced we could make our relationship work until Tanner broke the trust he embedded in me from the age of seven.
One deceit of mega proportions and the relationship we built for that short month vanished. I swore never to speak to him again and it’s worked. Until now—two years later, when my brother’s wedding places me face-to-face with the best man—Tanner McCain.
Leaving one equation to be solved. Can love surface twice?
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