After a recent, painful breakup, Madeline Beckett has been diagnosed with amnesia. With a broken relationship and lost memories, can she sort through her problems and find herself? What happens if people decide to use her condition as an advantage? How can she decipher real from fake when all Madeline knows is pain?

Playing Pretend

I can feel my heart crumbling in on itself. My phone clatters to the ground. My breathing speeds up and I feel like I’m going to throw up. Or faint. Or die. 


I unlocked my phone in hopes of learning more about who Andrew is, now I wish I didn’t. The worst part is that he used my condition to keep from telling me the truth. My accident must’ve been some messed up do-over of his. Bubbling anger takes over the pain and clouds my judgment. It’s less of a stab to the heart and more of burning wrath. 


And now I’m rethinking all the times he hesitated to get close to me, to touch me, to kiss me. But I’m we didn’t, I don’t think I would be able to live with myself if kissed the same lips that had touched another. There’s a bitter taste in my mouth and I choke on air. 


Chapter Forty Six