Page 70 of Reclaiming Love

“Oh, Mel. What a bastard.” Heather bent forward and gave her a hug. “Is that all?” Heather wasn’t stupid and Melissa suspected that her friend imagined there was more to it than she was letting on.

“Yeah,” she lied. “Told you it wasn’t such a big deal. But he wasn’t going to hand them over. So I had to get them. You understand don’t you?”

“Totally. I’ve met the psycho, remember? Do you think he’ll try anything now?”

“No.” There was no need to.

“What if he finds out what you did?”

“I can’t see how he would,” replied Melissa. But it got her thinking all the same.

“How did Noah take all this?”

“I haven’t told him everything. We’re meeting up tomorrow.” Her mind had been on Noah the whole journey back home. He’d made sure Matt was busy and then walked her down the street, away from the apartment, and called her a cab, insisting on paying for it.

She wondered if there was ever any chance of things between them getting back to what they were before.

She’d even take going back to how it was in the beginning: random glimpses at the coffee shop.

She’d take whatever he was willing to give her.

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