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Effie
Effie breathed out deeply. She was beyond nervous about the impending cross-country move. She knew it was right, felt it in her bones, but that didn’t make it any easier. When she’d told Renee, her best friend flipped out.
“What? Seriously, the last time I talked to you, you were planning your wedding with Thorne and now you’re back with his brother?”
“I know it sounds crazy,” Effie said. She wished she could have told Renee in person, but it just wasn’t possible. “But you have to trust me, this is the right thing. I’m doing the right thing.”
“I don’t know,” Renee said. Effie could hear the worry in her voice. Renee had been her confidante back in high school when she’d broken up with King. “I just remember how upset you were back then—God, you didn’t leave your room for days
