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Book 2: Borrowing Love
Book 2: "It's better to have loved and lost, they said. They were wrong."
Ruby balanced her phone between her shoulder and ear as she wound her bike chain around a tree. “Have you decided what you want on your cake? I just arrived at the bakery.”
“I told you, it doesn’t really matter to me. The cake is going to be delicious either way,” Katie said.
It mattered to Ruby. An ache settled in her chest and she paused outside the bakery door. “What about pink baby booties in the middle with the writing surrounding the
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