The pieces of our love

ek appeared just as Amelia Chase

ome

but the words hit harder than she expec

o

he deserved to ca

m the backseat, full of excitement

ed in the re

miliar - stared back at her. He clutched his worn stuffed d

ly, brushing a strand of hair from

t tight, thick with memori

a little harder as they rolled

how little

antique shop with its cracked display mannequins. The town square, still

e oak

e library - where she and Noah Bennett had once car

omach twist

t that gi

No

who had once held her lik

erything behind

late that dreams cou

pidly, forcing

. Not her

she'd managed to secure in a hurry. It wasn't much - peeling paint

of somet

the warm afternoon air. Liam scrambled to

ted, pointing at the gnarled oak i

d, smiling despite herself. "Let

rabbed a box labeled Kitch

ke fresh-cut grass

ghter made her

what looked like a new construction site. They joked and teased

e center

ered. Dark hair to

s breat

o

stance, there was

of his shoulders, the way the sunl

rom her hands and crashing to

snapped up a

locked

at, the world

rs' chatt

ind s

ust him

longing and regret filling

l flicker acr

oc

gnit

something co

his full height. His jaw tightened, and his

ulse hamme

the fallen box,

?" Liam asked curiousl

oat clo

he said hoarsely, forci

asn't th

as never going

he boy s

an sh

he little boy now h

ip on the box and usher

ng into her back - full of unans

t have th

d the strengt

in why her son had the same gray eyes as t

-

f Cha

-

emotional, and leaves a strong hook at the end

-

e to continue wi

g her - or we can show Amelia trying to avo

what you

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