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Starting Over

Author: LARRY BENSON
last update publish date: 2026-06-19 23:34:57

Charlotte’s POV

Scotland’s chill was nothing like Atlanta’s. It didn’t bite right away—it just seeped in. After a while, you stopped noticing how the wet stuck to everything or how the drizzle hung around long after the sun came up.

I hated it at first.

But now I liked the quiet. No one in Edinburgh recognized me or cared who Charlotte Hayes was. No sympathy stares, no whispers about fake pregnancies, no one knowing I used to live in a house that needed a map.

Here, I blended in. Just another w
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