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The Secret That Broke Us

A serialized novel · 32 chapters published · 3 free to read

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A 911 dispatcher, thirty-three weeks pregnant after four years of IVF, takes a call from a woman in labor on a highway shoulder. The man sobbing beside her is her husband, and the woman is her best friend.

Tropes & themes: dramatic · contemporary · single parent · female lead · romance · public-scandal · betrayal · divorce & regret · slow burn

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: 2:14 A.M. (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Shift Change (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Thirty-Three Weeks (free)
  4. Chapter 4: The NICU Hallway (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: What She Took (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Shower (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Anders (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Through the Glass (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: Nate's POV: The Tote Bag (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: The Lobby (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Not My Body (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Recording (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Four Things (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: Medic 4 (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: Ben's POV: Count It Out (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: The Porch (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Nobody's Mother (free with an account)
  18. Chapter 18: Hold Her (free with an account)
  19. Chapter 19: Not Again (free with an account)
  20. Chapter 20: At the Front Desk (free with an account)
  21. Chapter 21: Nate's POV: Three A.M. (free with an account)
  22. Chapter 22: The Paper (free with an account)
  23. Chapter 23: The Spare Room (free with an account)
  24. Chapter 24: The Door Closes (free with an account)
  25. Chapter 25: The Third Row (free with an account)
  26. Chapter 26: Day Shift (free with an account)
  27. Chapter 27: Ben's POV: Station Four (free with an account)
  28. Chapter 28: Thanksgiving (free with an account)
  29. Chapter 29: Room Nine (free with an account)
  30. Chapter 30: The Counter (free with an account)
  31. Chapter 31: Aunt June (free with an account)
  32. Chapter 32: The Steady Voice (free with an account)

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