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Back Meant To Be
Chapters (43)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. About the Author
  4. Booklist
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  43. Excerpt

After that call, Griff went to Mike’s Jeep and leaned against the door. She’d come back to it eventually unless she spent the night with the boyfriend. What did she see in him?

To his disbelief, Mike showed up minutes later and she looked angry. He’d wanted to do a dance of delight.

Instead, he tried to play it cool and let her tell him what was wrong. His hope was that it was over with the boyfriend. But her talk of marriage and rings nearly made him lose his confidence.

He was dying to tell her about the job offer. He had fingers crossed that she’d like the idea and say she very much wanted to take on the project.

But when he told her about it, she gave him some excuse about helping everyone, saying she had to do everything for everybody—just what Kyle had told him. And as far as he could tell, she and the boyfriend were still a go.

His phone dinged with a WhatsApp message. It was used around the world, and he could keep up with people wherever he was.

It was Miguel. They’d been texting since they met.

Breakfast? the text read. Unless you want to go to the parade.

Griff nearly sneered. To see Mike with the boyfriend? Would they be kissing and making up? No, thanks. He texted back. Great idea. Know where I can buy a suit for the wedding?

Yes. I’ll meet you at First Watch in OP, Miguel wrote.

“And what is OP?” he murmured, but didn’t ask. He’d find out from the motel manager. Minutes later, he was dressed and on his way to Overland Park. He had on a plain blue shirt—no more khaki. Too many safari comments.

Miguel was already at a small table when he got there. He looked as glum as Griff felt. He took a seat across from Miguel and placed his order. As soon as the waitress was gone, he said, “Vera went to the parade?”

“I should be so lucky. She’s doing something in secret. Probably arranging a job. If she doesn’t tell me what it is, that means it’s dangerous. ‘One last time.’ How many times I’ve heard that! But maybe I should just give up and go with her.” He looked at Griff. “I’m sure we’ll end up like your grandfather. We’ll step on a mine and boom! It’ll be all over.”