I looked at Cody and the sorrow and disappointment on his face was palpable. As soon as Aubrey was out of earshot, he shook his head. “Noah should be here,” he said. “He should know about his baby.”
“I’m sure she has a good reason for not telling him.”
Cody laced his fingers through mine and walked with me back to the dining room. “That’s what I’m afraid of,” he said. “I’m afraid he gave her a very good reason not to tell him. He can be a bit of a dense idiot sometimes.”
“I can’t imagine,” I said, the sarcasm in my tone heavy. “A Reynolds being a dense idiot? Must be a once in a lifetime occurrence.”
He dropped my hand to wrap his arm around my shoulders and pull me tight against him. “We may be dense, but we learn from our mistakes.” He kissed my cheek and pulled out my chair for me to sit.
I looked around the table as he sat next to me and my heart swelled with happiness. Family was never easy, but it was so worth it.
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Katharine Sadler lives with her husband in North Carolina. She’s been writing since she was ten and has wanted to be a writer even longer. When she’s not writing or otherwise gainfully occupied, she reads like it’s an addiction, exercises, skis whenever she gets the chance, and adds more books to her wish list.
OTHER WORKS BY KATHARINE SADLER
The Reapers (5 book series)
The Reaping (Reapers 1)
On a White Horse (Reapers 1.5)
The Revolt (Reapers 2)
The Rift (Reapers 3)
Switch (Reapers 3.5)
The Resonance (Reapers 4)
The Resistance (Reapers 5)
The Reapers Series Box Set
Dying Dreams (Trilogy)
Dying Dreams (Dying Dreams 1)
Dying Innocence (Dying Dreams 2)
Fairy Files (6 book series)
Fairy on the Rocks (Fairy Files 1)
Pink Princess Fairytini (Fairy Files 2)
Fairy with a Twist (Fairy Files 3)
Wild Fairy Moonshine (Fairy Files 4)
Bloody Fairy (Fairy Files 5)
Fairy, Neat (Fairy Files 6)
Remixed Fairy Tales (7 book series)
Remington’s Tower (Remixed Fairy Tales 1)
Francesca’s Slumber (Remixed Fairy Tales 2)
Catalapa Creek (6 book series)
The Deadbeat Next Door (Catalpa Creek 1)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to my family for their unfailing support. And a big thank you to my husband/business manager for making sure I keep my priorities straight and keep writing and editing and publishing, even on the days I’d rather spend curled on the couch reading a good book. Thank you to my friend and beta reader Becky Kyslinger for letting me know when something isn’t working for her and giving me spot-on advice about how to improve the book. She also gets credit for inspiring the word friemily to refer to Chloe’s friends. Thank you to my sister, Carrie Mills, for allowing me to use her name for this book – which is the only thing she has in common with Carrie Harrison, a character constructed entirely from my imagination. Thank you to www.CoverYourDreams.net for the gorgeous cover on this and all my books.
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