Ainsley demanded that Galen choose between his dead wife’s memories and his future bride
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Chapter 13
Ainsley changed.
From a distance.
Important.
She entered therapy.
Stopped planning another wedding.
Repaired her relationship with her brother only after telling him he had helped make her worst instincts feel reasonable.
That interested me.
Nolan had not invented her insecurity.
He validated it.
Every time she said:
“I feel like Celeste is still here.”
He answered:
“Then remove more.”
Not:
May you like
“Can both exist?”
Sometimes the most dangerous person is the one who gives your fear a strategy.
