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      Chapter 36

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 36 — Chapter 36 starts with a confession neither of us expected. He loved you. Hearing those words from Jane shakes something loose inside me. It’s not because I believe her—it's because part of me wishes I didn’t. Jane wouldn’t want to believe it either, which makes her saying it feel like a jab more than comfort. But the tone in her voice? It doesn’t sound bitter. She looks at me with something close to understanding, and that unsettles me more than anger would have. She is not who…
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      Chapter 37

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 37 — Chapter 37 begins in a hospital room that smells like antiseptic and regret. I haven’t been admitted since I broke my elbow at fifteen trying to impress a skater boy. I hated hospitals then, and being here now hasn’t improved my opinion. I’m told I’ll be discharged tomorrow, but I don’t even know where “home” is anymore. The estate in Thornfield is gone—burned down to the bones—along with any future I thought I was building. Maybe it’s strange that what I fixate on…
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      Chapter 38

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 38 — Chapter 38 marks a strange kind of calm after the chaos, the kind that settles in when wounds begin to close but everything still aches. At Emily’s house, I get the guest room with the floral sheets and a stack of crime novels by the bed. She spoils me at first—smoothies with fresh pineapple, ice cream that soothes my throat, takeout containers I don’t have to clean up after. Even Adele seems to understand this is a safe place. She sleeps at my feet each night, her weight grounding me…
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      Epilogue

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Epilogue — I still think about them—Eddie and Bea. Even after everything that happened, their shadows linger in quiet corners of my mind. One afternoon, while loading groceries into my trunk, I caught a glimpse of someone who looked like her. It wasn’t possible, of course. By then, Alabama was far behind me, along with everything tied to Mountain Brook. I'd moved to the peaceful slopes of North Carolina, using Bea’s money not for extravagance, but for a modest cabin tucked into the trees. Turns…
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      Contents

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Contents Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication Epigraph Part I: Jane Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Part II: Bea Part III: Jane Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Part IV: Bea Part V: Jane Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter…
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