Chapter 17
Lauren
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IT TOOK A lot of effort from me to remove Mark from my ‘blocked’ list, let alone talk to him on the phone and pretend that I wanted him back. In fact, I threw up again after setting up our late-night dinner date.
“I knew you’d come around,” he’d said, before I hung up. “And now that my wife is out of the picture, you can move back to Minneapolis and into my place.”
“That sounds great,” I said, before rushing off to the bathroom again. “I have to go. I’ll see you tonight.”
“Yes, my love. I can’t wait.”
After leaving the bathroom, I called Taylor back and told him it was a go.
“Sweet. I knew you could do it.”
“It wasn’t easy,” I said, my mouth still sour from throwing up.
“By the way, I spoke to Hoss. It was the fuel pump. He’s fixing it right as we speak
