Back in time

“There's nothing like that now. Before then,” hiccup, “we broke up. She didn’t want to be distracted in medical school. Now she’s back, and she only has a doctor in her name.”

“Raul bro.” Rhys said, taking the glass from Raul’s grip. “You’re wasted. You need to stop drinking.”

Sophie was the first to notice the woman who approached their circle. Her heart stopped, her breath hitched, and suddenly she was feeling too hot. Agatha’s daughter was their therapist. How did that happen? Was Agatha’s daughter not studying to become a lawyer? What was this sudden twist?

She grabbed Rhys’ arm and pulled him back into the house and then into their car. “We need to get out of here!” she signed.

“I did try to warn you.” Rhys said that and started the ignition. Sophie saw Vivienne walking out of the house—perhaps to stop them—as Rhys pulled the car out of their driveway. What are the odds that she thought that her therapist was Agatha’s daughter?

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The guests began to arrive one by one, a