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and watched her for a moment. Her chest swelled up with happiness for her friend. She had never seen her like this before. So focused. So free.
    Grace glanced up and smiled. “Becca,” she said, running over.
    Rebecca got out of the car and Grace lunged on her, swallowing her up in her paint-stained arms. “I missed you,” she said, giving her a big, wet kiss on the cheek.
    “Alright, alright easy,” Rebecca said, pushing her off playfully. She looked up at the cabin. It looked like it was straight off the cover of a Country Living magazine. It was cute with little wooden boxes under the windows stuffed with red flowers and a large porch. There was a stack of firewood beside a comfy porch swing. It was exactly the kind of place that Rebecca dreamed of when the city overwhelmed her senses with all of the crazy noises, lights and smells.
    “A bit of a downgrade from my last house isn’t it?” Grace said, with a smile.
    Rebecca just stared at it. A chipmunk ran across the tiled roof. “It’s perfect.”
    Grace wrapped her arm around Rebecca’s. “I know. I love it.”
    They walked to the back of the car and Rebecca popped the trunk. “This is your dress,” she said, pulling out a turquoise bridesmaid dress. She was delivering them to her two bridesmaids in case they needed some alterations before the wedding.
    Grace frowned when she saw it. “So you’re going through with this?”
    Rebecca dropped her arms and exhaled. “Yes. I thought that you’d be supportive.”
    “I am,” Grace said. “I just don’t understand why you didn’t give Connor a chance. You seemed so into him and he’s such a nice guy.”
    She pictured the ‘nice guy’s’ fingers running through the pretty girl’s auburn hair as he whispered softly to her. It had looked so intimate. It still made her nauseous whenever she thought about it.
    “It just…” she said, trailing off. “It wouldn’t have worked out.”
    “But why?”
    “I’ve made my decision Grace,” she said. “I want to be with Mark.” She got a bad taste in her mouth from just saying it.
    Angie walked down the driveway, breaking the awkward silence. “Becca,” she called out. “I thought I saw your clunker driving down the road.”
    Rebecca gave her a hug. “I can’t believe you of all people moved here.”
    Angie turned, pointing up to Mount Washington in the distance. There was a little speck of yellow at the peak. “See that crane up there? It’s building my new observatory. That’s why I’m here.”
    “That’s why?” Grace asked with her arms crossed across her chest.
    Angie rolled her eyes. “Maybe Sidney had a little something to do with it.”
    Rebecca sighed, feeling a sudden drain of energy. “I’m really happy for both of you,” she said. And she meant it. She just wished that she had been as lucky as them.
    Angie grinned at her. “I guess it’s too late to talk you out of-” She stopped mid-sentence when she saw Grace shaking her head with wide eyes.
    Rebecca glanced down at the dirt. “I thought you guys would be happy for me. Seeing you’re supposed to be my best friends and all.”
    Angie put her hand on Rebecca’s arm. “We just want you to be happy,” she said. “And we’ve never seen you happier than when you were with Connor.”
    The words felt like a dagger in her heart. She winced from the pain.
    “We just don’t understand why you won’t give him a chance,” Angie continued.
    What could she say? She couldn’t tell them the truth. That Connor had cheated on her. When she had told them that Mark had cheated on her they looked at her with pity and a know-it-all look. It was horrible. She never wanted to be looked at like that again.
    “He’s been so miserable these past weeks Becca,” Angie said. “He doesn’t understand why you just walked away.”
    He doesn’t know that I saw. That’s why.
    But it was a surprise to hear that he was upset. Why would he be upset? “What are you talking about?”
    “He