Unwanted Fate (43 page)

T
he love that Patrick and Emily have is enough to make a person gag, seriously. Always touching each other, kissing…get a room you two. Kidding. I couldn’t be happier for the two of them. I’m so glad that Emily is in Patrick’s life…all of our lives. She’s the sister I’ve always wanted, and I know she’s the reason my family is together.

Dad’s doing wonderful and the doctors are even talking about putting a plan in place that includes him returning home within the next four to eight weeks. I can’t be more excited for him. Patrick has been visiting him regularly in hospice and it makes my heart swell with happiness that their relationship is growing.

Patrick and Dad agreed that it’s time for the house to have some improvements, and together they redesigned the house so it will accommodate Dad with a wheelchair or a walker. I’ve been staying with Patrick and Emily at their house while the construction is underway, and I don’t know if I ever want to leave… Well, except for hearing them bump uglies part makes me want to run for the mountains. Yuck.

Nineteen almost twenty is too young to be an aunt… Emily and I need to have a lot more fun before she becomes a mom. Thankfully, she spares me the details. Speaking of Emily, she just text me. I gotta go. Time for lunch before I head to class. Geniuses can’t learn on an empty stomach.

Later gators.

I
want to thank the people in my life who allow me to do this for a living: My husband,
Adam
, thank you for not throwing me out on the days I forget where the shower is located and how to cook dinner. I appreciate you more thank you’ll ever know. My children,
Hunter
and
Dane
, no, you cannot read this… Not until you’re 30.

Delisa Lynn
, I swear we are related… My sister from another mister, you rock. <3

Donna Dull
, thank you for getting my weirdness with covers and blurbs—you are amazing.

Victoria Escobar
, thank you, thank you for not killing me. I know I wait until the last moment to send you my files.

Connie Gorman, Christina Concus,
and
Marnie Warren
, without you...my words would a jumbled up mess on the pages.

My personal assistant,
Samantha Maren Carpenter
, thank you for your undying support, shares, pimping…the list goes on and on. Thank you so much for not giving up on me and my crazy ways.

This story wouldn’t be what it is without my
beta readers
: T.J. Loveless, Dulice Currier, Delisa Lynn, Christina Concus, Tanna Britt, Kelsey Fischer, and Andrea Collier. I appreciate all your help and insight to make
Unwanted Fate
what it is today. Thank you for your kind words and the brutal truth.

And the most important thank you goes to my
readers
, thank you.

A
. Gorman was born and raised in a small community in Central Indiana. She left the slow moving life of the country for the fast-paced city life. After spending twelve years in the city and becoming a mother to two wild and crazy kids, she chose to move back to the peace and quiet of the country after marrying the man of her dreams and gaining three more children.

As an avid reader, A. never set out to be an author since she’s a full-time editor for several incredible authors. However, after editing one day, a voice started talking to her and talking and talking. She decided to sit down and write what she had to say, and it turned out she had a lot to say. Then that one voice turned to two, and another story came to life. Not believing that anything she was writing was publishable, she asked a few friends to critique her manuscript…and now she’s the proud author of the Their Sins series, with several more series and standalones planned.

When she’s not corralling their five kids and two dogs or out in their garden, you can find her at her desk editing or writing her next novel with a cup of coffee and classical music cranked up on her iPad. While she loves reading, A. is addicted to all things British, coffee, and gummy bears—in no particular order.

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