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Veterinarian Clinic
One Week Later
6:30 p.m.
It had been two weeks since Emma had uncovered a tattered envelope in her pile of mail. Since then, her copy of Merck Veterinary Manual had been setting on top of it. Except, just because she couldn’t see the letter, didn’t mean she could forget it was there. Because every time she walked through the kitchen, the hidden object whispered her name.
She’d tried working long hours and exercising until she fell into bed at night. The whispers remained, though. They haunted her, telling her she needed to face what was inside the envelope. Once she did that, then she could move forward into the future.
There’d been times during the week when Killian had been on her mind. Yet fear still held her back. It kept her from reaching out and taking
