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“Okay.”

“I want you to imagine it’s our rehearsal evening.”

“Done.”

“And I want you to think about what you liked most in the world.”

“Okay.”

“Tell me what you’re thinking about,” he said quietly.

“You,” I whispered. “I loved you.”

“I loved you, too,” he said. “But think about the other things you loved. Think about the things that weren’t me, or that weren’t Matthew.”

“Books,” I said. “I loved books.”

“And?”

“Music,” I smiled.

“And?”

“Fresh cupcakes,” I laughed.

“Open your eyes, princess.”

I opened my eyes, and Bob pointed to a little shop across the street.

“Savored,” I whispered. It was a sweet little bakery that had been there for a few years. It wasn’t the place we’d gone to a million years ago when we’d been about to get married, but it was there now, and it was cute and lovely.

“Come on,” Bob took my hand. “Let’s go inside.”

6

Bob

We stopped just outside of Savored, and we looked inside.

Like that night so many years ago, there was just one person working. It was a younger gal, and she looked like she was having a great time. She was tidying up the shop, and there were still a few cupcakes in the display case.

“I think they’re closed,” Helena said, slightly disappointed.

“There’s only one way to find out,” I said, and I reached for the door.

The knob turned easily, and I pushed the door open. The woman inside looked up and smiled.

“Why, hello,” she said.

“Good evening,” I nodded. “Are you still open?”

“I’m just about to close up, but I have a few cupcakes left, if you’d like one,” she nodded toward the display case.

“I would like one,” I said. “Do you have any dark chocolate?”

“We do,” the woman walked over and pointed down at the cupcakes. “There’s a dark chocolate with white buttercream frosting, a dark chocolate with no frosting and just a thin glaze on it, and there’s a dark chocolate with red frosting.”

“We’ll take the one with red frosting,” I told her.


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