“I was also thinking,” she says as she slips into the passenger seat, “that maybe me, you, and your partner Kevin could go out to a singles’ mixer next weekend.”
“Why would we go to a singles mixer?”
“It’s more so for Kevin...He needs to get his own life. I’m tired of him hanging around us all the time. It’s bad enough that we all work at your firm together, but do we have to spend our every waking moment together, too?”
Laughing, I drove down the city streets and home to the colossal brownstone we shared. It was the first purchase I’d made after winning the “case that never was,” and Ava had insisted that I buy the most expensive one.
“Because you fucking deserve it,” she’d said. “And you never treat yourself to anything nice...That’s what I don’t understand about you, Liam. You’re such a nice guy to everyone but yourself...”
I park our car in front of our home and immediately step out to open her door. As usual, Ava whispers, “I bet she’ll scream for you first,” as I walk her up the steps.
The second we walk inside, that familiar sweet voice rings out across the room.
“Daddyyyyy!”
I let go of Ava’s hand and stoop low so my daughter—Emma Henderson, can run into my arms. She’s the best part of my day, the best part of my life, and seeing her always brings an unbreakable smile to my face.
I kiss her forehead as she incoherently babbles about her day with the babysitter, and I smile as her blue eyes stare into mine.
I'm unaware of it now—I’m too blind and happy to see it, but in the months to come, my life will unravel so rapidly and unexpectedly that I'll wish I never existed. The lies that come to the light will be so devastating and crushing that my entire life will crumble around me. But the worst part, the part that will break me, is not knowing that this present moment with my ‘daughter’ will be the last good memory of New York I'll ever have...
**End of Episode Two**
Letter to the Reader
Dear Incredible Reader,
Thank you so much for taking time out of your life to read this book! I hope you were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Love,
Whitney Gracia Williams
More works by Whitney Gracia Williams:
Twisted Love (2014)
Wasted Love (Winter 2014)
Reasonable Doubt #1-3 (2014)
My Last Resolution: A Novella (January 2014)
Mid Life Love: At Last (October 2013)
Mid-Life Love (June 2013)
Final Take (Jilted Bride Series)
Take Three* (Jilted Bride Series)
Take Two* (Jilted Bride Series)
Captain of My Soul: A Memoir (July 2009)
*These books were pulled from publication, but will be re-released in the coming months.
You can keep up with Whitney and the travels of her non-matching socks at http://www.whitneygracia.com
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