The Poetry of a Lost Love

Summary

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The New Year’s Eve ball over the Space Needle was about to drop.

I stared at my phone screen, and just as the midnight chimes began, I sent Jared a text.

“Hey, when are we going to stop sneaking around?”

The moment I hit send, my father Robert’s voice boomed in my ear.

“Chloe, look! Isn’t that Jared?”

I followed my dad’s gaze, and my heart stopped cold.

The Seattle winter wind cut like a knife against my face. Under the dim yellow glow of a streetlamp, Jared was leaning down, kissing t