67 Results with the "Fiction" genre
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Part 1 – Chapter 3
Dear Kayla, You didn’t respond to my last letter, which I understand, because you think we’ve never met. You’re wrong. I could bore you with the details, but for now, just trust that I know you. In every way one person can know another, I know you. I know the sight, sound, taste, and smell of you. I know your darkest darks and your lightest lights. I know your dreams, your nightmares, and every secret you’ve ever kept hidden, all those nameless desires you never admitted even to…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 29
“Kayla? You okay?” Aidan glances over his shoulder, following my gaze. I turn back quickly to the table and force a smile. “I just thought I saw someone I knew.” It isn’t a lie. And it’s not as if I’m going to sit here and admit the someone I thought I knew may or may not be a ghost, so I’ll just keep this stupid smile on my face until my heartbeat returns to normal and I can stop the screaming inside my head. There are no such things as ghosts. There are no such things as ghosts.…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 28
I freeze. My heart stops. Feeling as if I’ve been kicked in the gut, I lean against the car door to steady myself. Then I stand there in cold shock, trying to decide what to do. But there’s nothing to do. Aidan and I aren’t in a committed relationship. Hell, we haven’t even talked about whether or not he’s dating other people. I don’t know a thing about his personal life. “Oh God,” I say aloud, horrified. “Kayla, you idiot!” He could have twenty other women on a…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 27
We lie entangled on the forest floor, breathing hard, but otherwise silent. Then he groans and drops his face to my neck, hiding his eyes. Staring up at the endless blue sky, I wrap my arms around his shoulders, knowing instinctively that this time, he’s the one falling apart. “It’s okay,” I whisper hoarsely, dazed. “Aidan, it’s okay.” He makes a muffled sound of pain. “Shh.” I softly kiss the side of his face and thread my fingers into his hair. He’s heavy and hot on top…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 26
Sunday morning dawns brilliant blue. The rainclouds have been chased away by the sun, and for the first time in weeks, it’s gorgeous out. Aidan makes us breakfast—scrambled eggs, of course, but also toast and bacon—then we shower together. He hums as he washes my body, grins as he towels me dry afterward, whistles as we dress. Aidan in a good mood is intoxicating. With his face lit up, he’s even more handsome than usual. Because the weather’s nice, he suggests we make the trip to the…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 25
Afterward, I’m an emotional mess. I lie facedown on the sofa with my ass in the air, sobbing into the cushions, trembling all over, sweaty and spent. Aidan is bent over me, breathing raggedly. His hot forehead rests between my shoulder blades. “Oh, baby,” he whispers. “Don’t cry. It’s okay, sweetheart. It’s okay.” He presses the gentlest of kisses to my spine and slowly withdraws from my body. Then he drags the afghan off the back of the sofa and wraps me in it. He sits, pulls me…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 24
It’s Saturday. The rain has fallen steadily day and night this week, tapering to drizzle only to gather strength and pound the saturated ground once again. I sit in my office with Dante’s letter in my hands as I gaze out the window into the dreary afternoon. The Sound is a murky iron gray, its waters uneasy, whipped to white peaks by gusty winds. The house exhales an occasional wistful sigh, but otherwise is silent. It’s been that way since my talk with Fiona last Monday. Eerily silent, as if…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 23
Dear Kayla, I had this cat when I was a kid. Orange tabby, skinny thing, hated everybody. Except me. That cat loved me. I loved him, too, though I didn’t know it until he got hit by a car. Before that, I thought OJ was a menace. (That was his name, OJ. After orange juice. Not very creative, I know, but I was eight.) Once the cat died and he wasn’t around anymore, I realized how much I loved him. That stupid cat had been my best friend, but I only realized it in hindsight. Funny thing, isn’t…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 22
“Now listen carefully,” says Fiona, turning businesslike again. “I need to tell you something important.” “What is it?” “No matter what happens, don’t tell the ghost it’s dead. They have no idea they’re no longer living.” I’m convinced we’re both in a padded cell somewhere having this conversation. That’s really the only reasonable explanation. When I sit there staring at her in disbelief, she continues. “Ghosts are simply souls with a story to tell.…-
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Part 1 – Chapter 21
I stare at the coin with my heart palpitating and my mind recoiling as if it spotted a rattlesnake. After a while when I get up my nerve, I reach for it with a trembling hand. It feels abnormally cold in my fingers, as if it’s been stored in a freezer. But it hasn’t been in a freezer. It’s been where I left it, in a drawer in my office desk. And now it’s here. In my car. The car parked outside the bar that Aidan lives above. I glance around, but there’s no one in sight. The…-
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