The Hard Version of Staying

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

She restored her mother's seaside guesthouse room by room, and the husband who kissed her shoulder every morning. Then, the day she took a pregnancy test after four years of trying, she saw him with her best friend.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · revenge · secret baby · small-town · betrayal · slow burn

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1: The Window at the Anchor (free)
2. Chapter 2: Bags on the Porch (free)
3. Chapter 3: What Jude Knew (free)
4. Chapter 4: Three Months (free with an account)
5. Chapter 5: The Slick Edge of the Dock (free with an account)
6. Chapter 6: Only My Vitamin (free with an account)
7. Chapter 7: The Harvest Supper (free with an account)
8. Chapter 8: Pity Doesn't Kiss Like That (free with an account)
9. Chapter 9: Jude's Workbench (free with an account)
10. Chapter 10: Before He Opens the Shop (free with an account)
11. Chapter 11: What the Capsule Was (free with an account)
12. Chapter 12: I'll Sign (free with an account)
13. Chapter 13: The Gray Suit (free with an account)
14. Chapter 14: Box 214 (free with an account)
15. Chapter 15: Forty Miles in the Dark (free with an account)
16. Chapter 16: The Shoebox (free with an account)
17. Chapter 17: Not the Mornings (free with an account)
18. Chapter 18: Welfare Check (free with an account)
19. Chapter 19: The Firm Dinner (free with an account)
20. Chapter 20: The Misbelief Breaks (free with an account)
21. Chapter 21: Mornings (free with an account)
22. Chapter 22: The Anniversary Supper (free with an account)
23. Chapter 23: July (free with an account)
24. Chapter 24: The Hard Version of Staying (free with an account)

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