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in their trio of friendship. But that all changed the first day he d
kissed her. She hadn t responded, but he promised to change her
mind. The continuous flurry of his attention, slowly growing more
and more beyond friendship. By the time she realized he was in love
with her, so had Josh. She couldn t hurt Danny, and he was so sure
she d love him sooner or later. No matter how she tried, it just
couldn t be done. When he proposed, she had accepted, though
somehow she knew that it would never come about.
Her fighting with Josh had increased, peaking that day in
Jimmy s Grocery when he saw the engagement ring&
Even now she couldn t remember what they d been arguing
about or who threw the first thing, just that Danny had walked out
long before things had started flying. She knew he d seen something
then, and that night had brought their engagement to a short and sad
end.
I m not angry, Miranda, Danny had said in the voice of a
man who was too tired to keep fighting. I was the stupid one to
think I could ever matter more to you than him.
Danny, please. She d needed him to hold on, but he only
shook his head.
I d do a lot of things for you, Miranda. But I won t settle for
second-best. It s just not how I m made. He silenced her with a
look when she began to speak. If you ve ever cared about me at all,
go. Before I hate us both for changing my mind.
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She had gone, and to this day she wasn t sure if it was because
he had asked her to or if she d just seen her escape and taken it. It
didn t matter. The result was the same Danny got hurt and the
blame for it would always fall on her. It would have been kinder
never to get his hopes up. Never to have lifted her own.
Sitting crouched in her shower, Miranda cried at the thought of
Danny being dead and his never having found the right person to
love. He d gone through a whole lifetime and found no one. And
he d had been so deserving of it.
Then there was Josh. Everyone could see Danny s death eating
him up. He d lost weight she could see the hollows in his cheeks,
the weariness in his shoulders and his walk. Did he even know how
angry he was? She could feel it vibrating out of him every time he
looked at her. He probably blamed her, same as everyone else.
It was almost enough to make her wonder if people might be
right. The initial reports were that Danny had stepped right into a
critically weakened portion of the roof. He should have seen the
worn tears in the aluminum. Could he really have made such a
critical mistake because he d been preoccupied with her? Or by the
fact that Josh was below, hating him because of her?
She could ask question after question no answers would ever
come.
She didn t know how long she stayed in there but the water
was cold and her skin wrinkled when the sobs finally subsided.
Aching, heartsore, she dried her body and slipped into the ratty red
bathrobe she d had since she was a kid. Hugging herself, she
wandered out of her bathroom and screamed.
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Wh-what are you doing in here? Breathless, she clutched her
robe to her chest once she realized the man sitting on the foot of her
bed was Josh.
He held up her spare key by way of explanation. She
recognized it by the green key cover she d put on it for him.
I was worried about you, he said, looking miserable.
It didn t take much to figure out why. The night of her parents
funeral was permanently burned into his memory.
Too tired to fight with him, she didn t bother being insulted.
She simply nodded. As you can see, I m fine.
You were fine that night, too.
Her spine tightened so fast she almost thought she heard it
crack. She d told him she was fine. Said it so many times she d lost
count, desperate to make him leave. That night, she hadn t wanted
his pity. Hated how much she wanted him, needed him to want her
back. But he hadn t. He d been the same over-responsible Josh,
treating her like another little sister. He d have been the same with
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