Chapter 1223 Thanksgiving (XI)

• Samantha Wembley’s face dimmed. She didn’t want to—couldn’t—tell her mother that she’d fled like she was running from a fire. It wasn’t just because of Finn; the real reason was that she needed to get far, far away from that man and the love that had left her covered in scars. Only at a great distance could she let herself miss him without dealing with reality. Even after all this time, some wounds still cut across her heart, refusing to heal.
• Maybe, someday down the line, when Chadwick Fullner marries Madison Sawyer, when she’s fully erased from his life and he never thinks of her again—when even a face-to-face meeting would be calm, maybe even end with a polite smile and a goodbye—maybe then she could come home, quietly, and live out the rest of her days.
• It should be close now, Chad and Sawyer. She pictured Chad going all out for Madison, doing anything for her—no matter how hard—to make her wish come true, to help her take back Regal Peaks. That had to be deep, deep love, right? The truth was, they’d always been the ones who truly fit. Now that she wasn’t in the way, they’d be happy soon, she believed it.