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I've had a terrible sense of direction since I was a child. I can walk past an intersection and forget it the second it's behind me. My boyfriend, Lucas Wentworth, and my best friend, Brielle Fontaine, were always finding new ways to "train" me out of it. We went camping together. When I woke the next morning, both of them were gone. I panicked until I found a note. [Nora, we're doing this for your own good. You're an adult now. You can't expect everyone to accommodate you forever.] Underneath it was another line in Brielle's handwriting. [Sweetie, I took your phone too so you can't call for help. You can do it!] I spent an entire day and night trying to get out of the mountains. My shoes tore open. My hands went numb from the cold. Mud and weeds covered me from head to toe. I had to keep stopping strangers and asking for directions before I finally found my way back to the lodge. Through the restaurant window, I saw them sitting over a steaming pot of fondue. Lucas reached across the table and casually wiped sauce from the corner of Brielle's mouth. I stood there watching them, and something inside me went cold. I was never walking Lucas's road again.
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Lucas dropped to his knees in front of me.He held out the cake like an offering."Nora, look."It's mango."The birthday cake you wanted last time before Brielle ruined everything."Two years ago, Lucas had promised me a mango cake for my birthday.Then Brielle casually said strawberry tasted better.He changed the order.On my own birthday, I stood beside them while they laughed and blew out my candles together.I looked at the cake now.I felt nothing.Lucas pulled a dress from one of the bags."And this."You saw it first."Brielle said it wouldn't suit you, so I gave it to her instead."That was my fault."Nora, please forgive me."Then he reached for the old pillow.I stopped him."Don't."That pillow doesn't matter anymore.""It does."His eyes filled with tears."Those are our memories."Nora, I'm begging you."Give me one more chance."I regret it every day."I was wrong."I know I was wrong.""Lucas."I waited until he stopped."You didn't sudde
No Longer Waiting for You Chapter 8
A few days later, I made arrangements to leave my apartment. Then I took Mom's photograph and returned to my hometown.She used to tell me that once I married, she'd move back there, get a dog, grow vegetables, and live out her days in peace.It took me more than a month to repair the little house with a yard.It wasn't large. I turned the soil, put up a simple fence, and cleaned out the sunniest bedroom.Most days, I either researched how to improve the garden soil or ordered ridiculous numbers of vegetable seeds online.A few weeks later, I decided to visit a pet store and choose a puppy.Halfway there, I saw a small yellow dog curled against a wall.He was maybe three months old, shivering and watching everyone who passed with frightened eyes.I took him to a vet for his shots and a full checkup. He was healthy and quiet.He didn't make a sound through the whole visit.I took him home.For days, he stayed in one corner except when he ate.So I bought far too many toys,
No Longer Waiting for You Chapter 7
Brielle ran toward the screen."Turn it off!"Turn it off!"Nobody look at it!"Get out!"She tried to block the display with her body.It didn't matter.I'd found this material by accident while collecting evidence.Brielle had been seeing someone for years.Her boyfriend, Evan Brooks, was terminally ill.His treatment required money she didn't have.At first, Brielle and I had only been coworkers.We weren't close.Then, during a company outing, a man harassed me on the way to the restroom.Brielle stepped in.She got me out of it.Because I'd always struggled with directions, I never made friends easily.After that day, Brielle helped me constantly at work.When coworkers went out, she stayed close so I wouldn't get separated.I trusted her.Eventually, I told her everything.I never realized how calculated it was.At some point, she began joining every date Lucas and I planned.In the beginning, Lucas complained that she was ruining our time alone.Later, my
No Longer Waiting for You Chapter 6
The ballroom erupted.Mrs. Wentworth had always cared more about appearances than almost anything else.When I first visited, she'd fed me leftovers.Then she'd posted a whole gallery of beautiful food on social media, bragging that she'd prepared it specially for her future daughter-in-law.Now that I'd exposed her in front of everyone, her face turned an ugly shade of purple.As the whispers grew louder, she started breathing rapidly."My heart."Lucas, call an ambulance."Lucas reached for his phone.Then the second recording began to play.His hand stopped."Brielle, your idea really was perfect."Mrs. Wentworth's recorded voice filled the room."Pretend I'm sick, and Lucas will finally marry you."Onscreen, Brielle sat beside her hospital bed peeling an apple."Mrs. Wentworth, you must be exhausted."All those tests."Staying in the hospital just to keep the act going."Mrs. Wentworth laughed."Exhausted? Please."I'll do anything if it means you and Lucas end
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