20 wild encounters
Axel's pov
Before my dad ever mentioned marrying her mom, I already knew exactly who Jade was.
I saw her for the first time when she was only eighteen. At the time, she was working a part-time shift at a small, dusty grocery store just off the highway. I hadn't gone inside to buy anything; I was just passing through when I saw her standing outside by the loading bay. She was feeding a stray cat. It was a skinny, pathetic thing, clearly sick and shivering, but she didn’t look disgusted. She just bent down, tore her own sandwich in half, and dropped the piece on the pavement with a practiced ease, like she’d done it a hundred times before.
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