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Gracie leaped to her feet. “Sophie! Hi! Mark was just helping me because that stupid Jell-O knocked me right off my feet.”
“Please don’t tell me you ate some of that.” Gracie heard the suspicion in Sophie’s voice. If only she could tell her that she was way off base, that she had no reason to worry because Mark was completely in love with the woman.
But she couldn’t say that because she no longer thought it was true. When Mark had finally answered her question about the mountains, she’d seen something in his face she’d never seen before. A darkness, an intensity. In that moment, she realized that Mark didn’t show that deeper self very often. And she knew, without a doubt, that he never showed it to Sophie.
How could he love someone completely if he never shared his real self?
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