The Way It Was
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Last published Wed, Dec 31, 2014
I'm Peyton Parker. The daughter of Max Parker. Yeah, Max Parker. The oil tycoon and owner of the Parker hotel franchise.
My life is perfect. Or at least it seems that way.
Nobody knows the real story of what happened that summer.
And no one will. Unless it happens again...
Nothing has been the same since Noah Banner showed up on my doorstep one day, and nothing has been the way it was.
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