Rocky Road

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He died. Come home.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Home.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Creek Valley Massachusetts a place I haven't lived in six years. Returning means facing the town I deserted but also confronting the boy I intended to marry. I gave my teenaged heart to Reid Madera and as much as I loved him I'd had no choice but to leave him behind without an explanation.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> As months bled into years it was easier to stay away and give up any future I had planned. Now I'm left with no choice but to come for a visit. If nothing else for closure-for a man I've long admired and a future with Reid.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Except I've been lying to myself all these years-I've never moved on nor stopped loving him. But Creek Valley is no longer home and Reid's no longer mine.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> And I'm not sure I have the courage to risk our hearts a second time...</span></p>