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Engaging Carol

When Daniel meets Carol, it's love at first sight. Though they are both only teenagers, he knows there's nobody else in the world he wants to be with. He envisions a lifetime with her, but Carol has big plans for her life, and they do not include settling down with a husband and a family. In the midst of the tumultuous 60s, the hectic 70s, and the vibrant 80s, Carol seeks meaning and adventure, and Daniel seeks her.<br><br>Though the world keeps pulling them apart, Daniel is the only man Carol has ever loved. No matter what separates them or pulls at their family, she's drawn back to the man who is her home again and again. Can their love conquer the world and carry them to the marriage altar at the chapel where they first met as children?

Pepper Espinoza · Urban
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74 Chs

Chapter 18

Carol returned after nearly an hour, looking ragged, tired, and unhappy. She collapsed on the couch beside him, wrapping her arms around him.

“I’ll go wherever you want,” she told him.

Daniel kissed the top of her head. “I love you.”

“Thank you for coming for me.”

“I always will.” 4

Denver Colorado

1960

Carol adjusted Rebecca on her hip, trying to hold the toddler in one hand while she stirred dinner with the other. Night had settled early over the city, and the steady ticking of the grandfather clock in the hall increased her anxiety until her eyelid twitched. Rebecca touched everything she could reach with sticky, groping fingers.

“Stop that,” Carol snapped when Rebecca managed to open the cupboard above her head.

“Cookie,” Rebecca said, pointing with a wide, crooked smile. Two white teeth stuck out from her gums, reminding Carol of a beaver.

“No, no cookies.”

“Cookie!” Rebecca repeated, her voice rising.

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