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Sara didn’t want to answer his question, but Peter was her friend. The only one she really had in Bereton. She liked Megan and Adam, but Megan was her boss. She could hold things against Sara and eliminate her job before Sara was ready to leave if she wanted.
Keeping the truth bottled up wasn’t good for her. It was starting to wear on her that she had no one to talk to. Not that she wanted to bring up her mother, but Peter seemed to be a good listener.
“My mom died almost ten years ago,” Sara confessed. “It was a bad situation and I’ve struggled to be in one place since then.”
“Oh, s**t, Sara. I’m so sorry,” Peter breathed.
She nodded. “Thanks. It’s silly, but right after she died, I found out my ex was sleeping with my best friend, and it was hard to trust anyone after that.”
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