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Astor
The middle of April had me thinking full-time about Nova and going back to the island. I knew she’d be back in May. I knew that I could take time off.
Galen and I had decided to go through with the Spain project, but I didn’t have to be there to get things done. I could do whatever I wanted, and all I wanted was to see Nova.
As hard as Galen kept trying to help me get my mind off the woman, he failed every time. And he admitted that he’d been drunk each time he went on his little spiel questioning whether Nova would ever fit into my life. He’d told me that I had been right, that I should go back to the island and make things real with the woman who’d stolen my heart.
Fingering the ring I had in my pocket, I wondered if Nova really had waited for me. If she had, then I had an
