This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.
Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a view or a child, but that was risky. You had so much to lose.
She Flew the Coop: A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana
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Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a view or a child, but that was risky. You had so much to lose.
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