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Chapters (63)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. A NOTE TO THE READER
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-One
  45. Chapter Forty-Two
  46. Chapter Forty-Three
  47. Chapter Forty-Four
  48. Chapter Forty-Five
  49. Chapter Forty-Six
  50. Chapter Forty-Seven
  51. Chapter Forty-Eight
  52. Chapter Forty-Nine
  53. Chapter Fifty
  54. Chapter Fifty-One
  55. Chapter Fifty-Two
  56. Chapter Fifty-Three
  57. Chapter Fifty-Four
  58. Chapter Fifty-Five
  59. Chapter Fifty-Six
  60. Free eBook
  61. Also by Alexa Rivers
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. About the Author

With a sigh, I set the scrapbook aside and opened the email account on my phone, thumbing through my draft box until I found the one that had been sitting there for ten years. Once I’d finally managed to pull the broken pieces of myself together after my parents’ deaths, I’d wanted to explain everything and let him know how much I’d cared. I’d only ended our relationship because I thought I’d been protecting him. My life had turned upside down, and I’d suddenly found myself unable to come back to him as I’d promised to. By breaking up with him, I’d been trying to prevent him from coming after me and being miserable. He’d always insisted he could never be happy away from Destiny Falls, and I’d no longer been in a position to leave L.A.

But even once the mental fuzziness caused by my grief had cleared, I’d never sent the email. I didn’t think I could have handled it if he’d lashed out, or worse, never replied. At least this way, I’d been able to wonder what might have happened if I’d been braver.

I exited the draft and composed a message to Gray, who I’d visited briefly when I’d first landed in New Zealand. He was a former costar and one of the few genuine friends I’d made in Hollywood. He’d had a rough time in the past but seemed to be coming out the other side better off. He was healing. I suspected his new girlfriend had a lot to do with that.

Kennedy: Safe in my cottage in Destiny Falls. Had my first encounter with Liam. Didn’t go well, but they didn’t run me out of town with flaming pitchforks, so I guess it could have been worse.

Gray: Glad to hear you’re safe. Be careful out there. Don’t forget that you deserve to be treated well.

My heart melted. Gray wasn’t generally a warm person, so his reminder meant a lot. I shot him a quick reply, thanking him, and switched over to my latest text conversation with Blair, my brother and only full sibling.

Kennedy: In Destiny Falls. Still alive. The locals haven’t discovered how to kill with their eyes yet, but it didn’t stop them from trying.

The reply was instantaneous.

Blair: Not funny. Don’t joke about shit like that. Glad to hear you’re okay.