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I point out my window when the skyline of the city comes into view. “You’re going to see me everywhere out there.”

“You mean, on billboards?”

“I’m sure some of those are still hanging around, but what I mean is, I think you’ll understand me a whole lot better after this week.”

“It sounds like I’m about to meet your best friend.”

I kiss the top of her head. “You are.”

Piper

It was easy to fall for West in Florida, but here, in Boston, it would have been impossible to deny him. Since we stepped off the plane, his face has been lit up like the Fourth of July. His smile is even more infectious, and his kisses punctuate every memory that flickers in his eyes.

“Why don’t you come to the meeting with me?” he says. “I feel bad, taking off and leaving you here by yourself.”

The hotel is insane. There’s nothing for him to be worried about. For once, I don’t mind being alone. In fact, I have at least five things I want to do as soon as he leaves. The first is starting in the biggest bathroom I’v