Chapter 14

OLIVIA “Olivia, I just got off the phone with my mom. She said Noah came to see her to ask about you and what happened six years ago.” It was Grace. I had just returned home from dinner with Jessica and Ella when I received her call. Dr. Brown had been my OB-GYN during my pregnancy with my children. Yes, children—twins, to be exact. I lost my son, but thankfully, my daughter, Hannah, was saved. Dr. Brown was also Grace’s mother. Grace and I had been best friends since high school. Though we weren’t in the same class, we bonded over the fact that we were both bullied. I was teased for my weight and called the “fat pig,” while Grace was mocked for her freckles, often branded as the “freckles girl.” Grace is undeniably beautiful, but maybe because we were so young at the time, our classmates didn’t appreciate the charm of her freckles. During our junior year, Grace developed a crush on Benjamin Thomas, one of the popular guys on campus. I often accompanied her to deliver love letters to h