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Swan Harbor Pier
November 10
2:00 p.m.
As soon as Giennie and Becca drove off, Ava looked down at the business card in her hand. Was she really considering this?
You’re happy here.
She was! In fact, she wasn’t sure if she’d ever been happier. Even when she was twenty-two and flew across the ocean searching for Peter, she’d still held a part of herself back. But it hadn’t stopped her from going after what she’d wanted. That had been Peter, and she’d chased him with a single-minded mentality that only someone who always got what she wanted understood.
But when she examined her feelings during that time she could admit, deep inside, she’d expected her father to burst her happiness bubble. She was a King, and had been groomed to take over the family business.
Except, those were
