John Jones
Stories
6
Chapters
3,883
Words
1.6 M
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Reading
5 d, 15 h
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Aaron noticed Keeley looked a little wan when he picked her up from the bus station. It looked like she had fun based on her Instagram pictures but now he wondered if she had a little too much fun. "How was your trip?" "It was good spending time with those guys," she said with a yawn. "I'm not ready for school to start tomorrow." "Did you get any sleep at all this weekend?" he asked worriedly. Upon closer inspection, she really didn't look good. Especially the bags under her eyes. She let…
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"Keeley, can you tell me what you're feeling right now?" Keisha asked in a soothing voice. "I want to help you but I need to know what you want." Tears filled her eyes as she saw the genuine compassion on the other woman's face. "I have to keep this baby but…" "Will the father not support it?" "No, he'd marry me tomorrow if he could." "Is he bad to you?" Keeley shook her head. "No, he's very good to me." "Then what's the problem here?" She buried her face in her hands, too mortified…
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The next morning the trio set out on their aquarium adventure bright and early to beat the crowds. Keeley couldn't remember the last time she had been to one of these. Probably when her mom and Kaleb were still alive. Undersea life was both strange and beautiful. Watching the colorful fish and other sea creatures glide peacefully through the water was very relaxing. It helped her forget the worries she couldn't quite leave behind in New York. Her favorite exhibit was probably the one imitating a…
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Keeley had a lot to think about on the bus ride down to Maryland. She brought a book to read but kept putting it down and picking it back up. She couldn't concentrate. Her mind kept going back to Aaron's offer. At minimum, it would cost him several hundred thousand dollars to convince a lab to take her on and continue her research where she left it off. She was about to finish her last trial during the first couple weeks of the semester. All that would be left after that is about 100 pages of writing it…
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Once the hammock was delivered, Keeley spent hours in it soaking up the sun every day for the rest of August. It quickly became her favorite thing to do. Whenever Aaron couldn't find her, he would check the highest terrace. He ended up setting up his three terraces' furniture differently. The lowest one held a table, chairs, and a grill. The middle one had a sectional couch surrounding a fire pit. The top one held the original lawn chair and the hammock. She tried to spend as much time as possible…
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Graydon certainly hadn't expected to run into the two people he was interested in most when he was out to dinner with one of his many lady friends. He did a noticeable double take when he saw them walk into the restaurant with a middle-aged man. His date was so concerned that she asked him if anything was wrong. He had to compose himself quickly and put on his usual debonair smile. "Nothing at all, my dear. Shall we order?" But after that Graydon's eyes remained on the little group sitting a few…
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Once Aaron was out of earshot, her father decided to tease her. "You two seem awfully close these days. I was surprised when you invited me to go furniture shopping with him." Keeley's embarrassment increased. He still didn't know he was the friend she was staying with. "I owed him a favor for helping me move. He had been talking about wanting new furniture for a while but doesn't trust his own taste. His place is pretty minimalist." "It seems like you're over there fairly often to know which…
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Keeley didn't end up going to Ryan's birthday party even though Valentina texted her asking where she was. Instead, she went furniture shopping with Aaron and her dad. It was a bit strange how that ended up happening. Aaron asked her to help him start redecorating over the weekend like she had promised but she was worried about her dad and wanted to spend time with him. "Why not bring him along?" he asked. "It would probably be good for him to get out of the house." She couldn't deny that but…
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October 2017, in another life The man Lacy knew as Mr. Gray was getting very annoyed with his accomplice. In the nearly four years they had been working together to replace Keeley Hale very little progress had been made. He couldn't understand it. She couldn't bear Aaron any children, which was practically a prerequisite for being a high society wife. She brought no financial benefits to the marriage. Rumors had been running rampant that he wasn't pleased with his wife. So why hadn't he divorced her…
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Aaron was dreamily staring at his phone background at work when Aiden burst into his office. He couldn't believe he had done something so silly in retaliation for a prank but Keeley seemed to enjoy it. He had always thought she was fun to be around but hadn't realized just how much of her personality she kept hidden so she would 'look good' in front of him. She was a playful person; why hadn't he gone along with it more often in the past? No use worrying about that now. The past was gone—the…
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