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  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Books by Katie Powner
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. ONE
  8. TWO
  9. THREE
  10. FOUR
  11. FIVE
  12. SIX
  13. SEVEN
  14. EIGHT
  15. NINE
  16. TEN
  17. ELEVEN
  18. TWELVE
  19. THIRTEEN
  20. FOURTEEN
  21. FIFTEEN
  22. SIXTEEN
  23. SEVENTEEN
  24. EIGHTEEN
  25. NINETEEN
  26. TWENTY
  27. TWENTY-ONE
  28. TWENTY-TWO
  29. TWENTY-THREE
  30. TWENTY-FOUR
  31. TWENTY-FIVE
  32. TWENTY-SIX
  33. TWENTY-SEVEN
  34. TWENTY-EIGHT
  35. TWENTY-NINE
  36. THIRTY
  37. THIRTY-ONE
  38. THIRTY-TWO
  39. THIRTY-THREE
  40. THIRTY-FOUR
  41. THIRTY-FIVE
  42. THIRTY-SIX
  43. THIRTY-SEVEN
  44. THIRTY-EIGHT
  45. THIRTY-NINE
  46. FORTY
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  50. FORTY-FOUR
  51. FORTY-FIVE
  52. FORTY-SIX
  53. FORTY-SEVEN
  54. FORTY-EIGHT
  55. FORTY-NINE
  56. FIFTY
  57. FIFTY-ONE
  58. FIFTY-TWO
  59. Acknowledgments
  60. About the Author
  61. Back Ads
  62. Back Cover

It was weird, knowing he was here. Staying in their house. Dad’s half brother. It might take a while to get used to that. Would she get to meet her cousins? Were his adoptive parents nice?

With another groan, she slowly rose to her feet and splashed water on her face. She didn’t want everyone waiting on her. Back in the bedroom, she found Jeremy sitting on the bed, dressed and ready.

He watched her search for an outfit in the closet. “Pretty crazy weekend, huh?”

“Very crazy.”

They hadn’t talked much about it last night. By the time they’d gotten home and gotten Uncle Ken settled, Bea had been ready to fall straight to sleep. She hadn’t known what to say, anyway. It was a lot to process.

“Ken seems nice.”

“I like him.” Bea settled on her loosest pair of Wranglers and a sunset-orange sweater. “But I still can’t believe it.”

“That must’ve been hard for your grandma. Giving him up like that. What a burden to carry.”

Bea touched her stomach again as she buttoned her pants. A burden to carry. Was that how she’d been viewing the child inside her? She thought about how devastating it had been for Grandma to lose her baby. How much he had been a part of her, even after he was gone, and how alone she’d been. Carrying such a tragic secret for so long was a burden. A heavy burden. But carrying a child . . .

She pulled the sweater over her head and ran her fingers through her tangled hair. Sure, maybe she’d have to cut it when her baby was born. Yes, maybe everything would change like Amber had said. But she was going to be a mother, and she was not alone.

Jeremy gave her a lazy smile and nodded toward the door. “Ready?”

She smiled back, believing for the first time that maybe she was.

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They rode out to his parents’ house all together this time. Bea and Jeremy kept to themselves in the back of the truck, but Mitch kept glancing over at the passenger seat, reminding himself that man over there was his brother. Only half, technically, but more brother than he’d ever had.

Ken watched the world go by through the window. “It’s beautiful out here.”

“I’m partial to it myself.”

“I saw pictures in your house of you with a dark-haired woman.”

Mitch’s forehead wrinkled. “Caroline.”

“What happened?”

“Cancer. Two years ago.”

Ken tore his gaze from the scenery and looked at him. “I’m sorry.”