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He was clearly shocked to see me, and yet, he seemed excited too. Like he was gazing upon his favorite work of art. The way he stared at me almost made me think I was a regular attendee at his private one-man shows.

And if that was the case, the man could eat his heart out.

This time, I was going to have the words. All of them. All the hurt and the sadness that had crashed back into me morphed into something beautiful and wholly necessary—the right words at the right time. “How's the juggling working out for you now, Tyler?”

As I ran past him, he uttered a strangled string of words: “Great. I kept it up.”

“Evidently,” I said, locking my stare briefly with his pretty little girl.

I looked away, and I thanked the lucky stars that I finally had all I needed to eject him from the driver's seat of my fantasy life. Even as he called my name, we kept running.

Leaving him far behind where he belonged.

If I had to go on a Tyler starvation diet, I'd sign up right then. Because no way, no how was I getting off anymore to a man who'd fathered someone else's baby.

Goodbye, Tyler Nichols curse.

It ended today.

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Big love Jen McCoy and Dena Marie, who loved Chase and Josie, and helped bring their magic to the page. I am grateful to Lauren McKellar for her keen eye, to Karen Lawson for her eagle eye, and to Janice and Tiffany for their fine attention to detail.

Thank you to my family and my husband, and to my fabulous dogs! Most of all thanks to YOU – the reader.

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