Pieces Of You (Shattered Hearts) - Plot & Excerpts
engraved in the surface.“The ‘A’ is for Abigail, not Adam,” he clarifies, and his voice wavers with nerves.“I know,” I whisper as I pull the necklace out of the box.I open the heart-shaped locket and find a picture of me on the left. The right side is empty.“I left it empty so you could put a picture of her in there.”I close my fist tightly around the locket and wrap my arms around Adam’s neck. “Thank you.” I clench my teeth together to hold back the tears. “Thank you so much. I love it.”He pulls me closer and I tighten my grip on him as I press the side of my face into his solid shoulder.“Are you okay?” he asks, but I don’t respond.I can’t tell him that I’ve been trying to avoid looking at Abigail’s picture ever since her parents backed out of our meeting. He knows how upset I was when it happened on Tuesday, but he doesn’t know how horribly I’m coping with it. I stuffed all my pictures of her into the manila envelope Chris gave me four weeks ago, then I asked Senia to hide the envelope.The pain starts at the base of my ribs and spreads like fire into my chest and throat until I have no hope of answering his question.“Claire?
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