The Secret (Magnolia Grove #4) by J. B. McGee

Author:J. B. McGee [McGee, J. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01N7560B7
Publisher: J.B. McGee
Published: 2016-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

Minutes have seemed like hours, and hours have seemed like eternity today as anticipation for tonight’s date with Holden builds. The only person I feel like I can talk to about my life is Amie, and she’s in Australia on business. Her beauty line is about to expand there, and she’s been there for two of the last four weeks. Her days are my nights and vice versa. Trying to catch her has nearly been impossible with her busy schedule.

There’s no one here I’d even begin to discuss my personal life with. I’m all about keeping my personal life private. But we’re a great team. Changing Hearts, the non-profit I work for, only has about twenty-five people working in this location, and when we’re here, we work well together.

Even though it’s been a month since the charity event, since my breakup with Oliver and the start of my relationship with Holden, everyone still gets way too quiet when I walk into a room, like they have something to hide or maybe they’re gawking over something. To be clear, the something being me.

I knew it would happen. The looks are nothing compared to the gossip that’s been flying around. Some people don’t even attempt to lower their voices as they discuss whether Holden and I had been having an affair the entire time or how they wondered if the things his father did were genetic, predisposing Holden to the same life. It’s amazing how many people are stupid. How many people will believe anything they hear or read.

While it’s been hard feeling like an outcast, knowing I have Holden every day to come home to—having my dreams come true with Holden—it’s all worth it. I miss my parents, but I’m hoping time will heal those wounds. Doesn’t make it hurt less, but I have hope that once they realize how happy Holden makes me compared to Oliver, they’ll finally let go of the past so we can all build a future. What’s done is done. Anne Lamott says forgiveness is giving up all hope of a better past. We’ve all hurt because of circumstances we can’t change. The only thing we can control is now, how we act in this moment. I don’t want to waste any more time doing what someone else thinks is best for me—whether that’s the people of Magnolia Grove or my parents.

Turning the corner from the little room in the back that houses the copier, the reactions I was just thinking about are precisely what happens when I pass by the cubicles on the way to my office. Again. I do wonder at what point people will move on. Surely they can’t behave like this forever.

As the partitions of the cubicles end, I’m confronted with the one person I could live the rest of my life never seeing again. “Oliver,” I say, rolling my eyes. “What are you doing here?”

He puffs his chest out. I’m not sure if he’s thinking that’s going to make me think he’s more of a man, or what.

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