chapter 82

{"messages":[{"id":923462411,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Yes , i do ..."},{"id":923462412,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( He nodded and hold her hand )"},{"id":923462413,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And while I don’t like keeping secrets from my family, I don’t think it’s necessary we share your background with everyone at dinner tonight ..."},{"id":923462414,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I’ll find a way to break the news, and I will do it soon, but this evening isn’t the time ..."},{"id":923462415,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I’m meeting the family tonight ... I forgot that ..."},{"id":923462416,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My sisters are having fits that they haven’t met you yet ..."},{"id":923462417,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And my father is very eager to meet my wife ..."},{"id":923462418,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"It’ll be a large group-uncles, aunts, cousins-can you handle that? ..."},{"id":923462419,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Yes ..."},{"id":923462420,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She nodded )"},{"id":923462421,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Good ..."},{"id":923462422,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( started to open the door for her , then stopped )"},{"id":923462423,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"So what is your real name, since we know it’s not really Jill Smith? ..."},{"id":923462424,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Alessia ..."},{"id":923462425,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( she said softly )"},{"id":923462426,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"But I haven’t been Alessia for fourteen years. I’m Jillian now, and that’s who I want to be ..."},{"id":923462427,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( smiled to her )"},{"id":923462428,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Then that’s who you will be ..."},{"id":923462429,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"So go shower and dress and try to relax, because I should warn you ..."},{"id":923462430,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My sisters are a lot like my mother-strong, talkative, rather intense-but hopefully a little more friendly ..."},{"id":923462431,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Yes ..."},{"id":923462432,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( warm smile )"},{"id":923462433,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Jillian’s head spun as she climbed the stairs to their master suite on the third floor ..."},{"id":923462434,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She reaching the bedroom and closed the door )"},{"id":923462435,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"" I have done it ... ""},{"id":923462436,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She had told him ..."},{"id":923462437,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She’d told him the truth and nothing horrible had happened ..."},{"id":923462438,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"The planets hadn’t collided ..."},{"id":923462439,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"No stars had fallen from the sky ..."},{"id":923462440,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"No scary men had jumped out of bushes and snatched her away ..."},{"id":923462441,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Maybe all the bad things were behind her ..."},{"id":923462442,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Maybe ..."},{"id":923462443,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( stripping off her dress and stepping beneath the showerhead )"},{"id":923462444,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Just maybe, everything would be okay ..."},{"id":923462445,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Relief swept through her as the water beat down ..."},{"id":923462446,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She soaped up, shampooed her hair and rinsed off all while thinking that her fears seemed so silly now ..."},{"id":923462447,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Why hadn’t she trusted Vitt sooner? ..."},{"id":923462448,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Why had she thought he’d be like her father? ..."},{"id":923462449,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"How tragic that she hadn’t trusted him before ..."},{"id":923462450,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It would have saved them all so much heartache as well as lost time together ..."},{"id":923462451,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( Once dry, she styled her hair, then applied makeup )"},{"id":923462452,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( slipping into the simple black cocktail dress )"},{"id":923462453,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She felt like a different woman ..."},{"id":923462454,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It was such a relief to have shared the truth with someone ..."},{"id":923462455,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Such a relief to know she wasn’t alone ..."},{"id":923462456,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Keeping the secret had been a crushing burden and suddenly she felt lighter ..."},{"id":923462457,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Freer ..."},{"id":923462458,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Happier ..."},{"id":923462459,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( she stared at her reflection in the master bathroom’s enormous mirror )"},{"id":923462460,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"To be continued ..."}]}