Back To You

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mariana</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I never planned on moving back to Lake City. Fresh out of high school I left chasing change and adventure. But after over a decade in Seattle tragedy strikes and the need for a fresh start sends me running home. Taking over </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Rolling Pin</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> our town's beloved bakery is supposed to be my way forward a chance to rebuild. But when the renovations turn out to be more than I can handle the last person I expect steps in to help. Sebastian Garcia</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The boy I once loved. The man whose heart I broke. The one person who has always seen me-even when I can barely face myself.</span></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sebastian</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I've spent the last decade trying-and failing-to forget Mariana. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The one that got away.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> When she left Lake City she took my heart with her.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I built a life without her. Became a firefighter. Stepped up for my family. Worked hard to bury the pain she left behind. But when she walks back into town grief wrapped around her like armor I can't turn away. I tell myself I'm only helping. Fixing up the bakery. Being a friend. But the more time I spend with her the harder it is to pretend the past doesn't still haunt me. And the harder it is to ignore the truth: nothing between us ever really ended.</span></p>