Family Ties
Five minutes before our time was up, he pushed the book across his desk.
He slid his glasses from his nose and laid them on his desk. "This is an awfully bold move, Jude. Are you prepared if it doesn't go the way you hope?" His tone was inquisitive, yet encouraging.
The truth was, my answer was yes. It would hurt like hell if Portia kept her distance, but I refused to live in the shadow of doubt any longer. It was time to pay the piper. And either way, I had already planned to return to Maine at the beginning of June. The bookstore cut back on staff when the college students left for the summer because their sales tanked with the dip in the local population, so it was the perfect time for me
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