Second Choice Wife novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Three Words, Again
The diner on Maple Street held a dozen people that Saturday, and it was the best reunion I had ever been to.
Joelle had pushed three tables together in the corner and taped a hand-lettered banner to the pie case.
It said LARKFIELD HIGH, THE SMALL VERSION.
Nobody had dressed up.
The history teacher had brought his beagle, who sat under the table and ate a dropped pancake.
A girl who ran the front desk at the county library cried a little when she hugged me.
A boy who used to sell fake hall passes told Heath he was sorry he'd called him a drunk in the chat.
"You didn't know," Heath said.
"Everybody said it."
"I know. It's all right. Ask Joelle, she tells it better than I do."
He said it flat and clear, and he said her name.
The boy looked at the floor and nodded.
Heath did not look at me.
He didn't have to.
It was the fourth time that week a stranger had asked him, and he had answered each of them the same way.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Second Choice Wife are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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