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It somehow brought us closer, the thing with Maureen, much as I hated to give it another thought, what was meant to put a gap between us, plant a seed of doubt in my mind somehow ended up doing the exact opposite.

Had Ian not found me when he did, when I was too upset to pull myself together, my mother's life flashed before my mind and I wondered if that was to be my future.

But Ian, he... cleared it up.

I haven’t been the same since.

What he said to me that night… I’ve been over the moon.

Beside myself with glee.

Turned out I was so easy to please, who knew?

I found myself smiling at odd times and for no reason, singing in the shower, dancing in front of the mirror.

Elated.

Even Hannah’s noticed. Yesterday she’d taken one look at me and said; Dick that good, huh?

I hadn’t broken into embarrassed giggles as I usually did when she teased me, but there was no denial, the dick was good but more than that, it was him.

Every day, I'm glad Dad chose him to take over the company and