Chapter 25: Following Him
I settled for second best. I knew that and didn’t really have a problem with the concept following my brief arrangement with Lex. I wasn’t in love with Lex, though. Instead, I was in love with Tommy Rawe. My heart couldn’t have Tommy. I genuinely wanted him in my life because I longed to take care of him and call him my own. He was the perfect man for me, and I had seen him as my husband. But I could never have him. So I decided to find someone just like him; a replica of sorts; a twin who wasn’t his twin, but could have passed as one vis-à-vis to the masses.
The replica’s name was Matthew Brigg. He looked exactly like Tommy, just as I had wanted him to look: blond hair, dirty-blue eyes, broad shoulders, a boxer’s build, and one hundred and eighty pounds. Matthe
