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Melanie Cooper had always been the one in the middle.
Older than Georgie, younger than no one, and somehow expected to understand everything. While Mary devoted most of her attention to Sheldon and George preferred to stay out of the family chaos, Melanie became the person Georgie and Missy could depend on.
She cooked for them. Helped them with homework. Broke up their arguments.
Comforted them when they cried.
She was their big sister-but sometimes, she felt more like their second mother.
Years later, Melanie has built a life far away from Medford, Texas, and found someone who sees her for who she really is: Evan Buckley, a firefighter with the 118 who refuses to let her take care of everyone except herself.
But when the Cooper family-and the members of the 118-are mysteriously brought together to watch Melanie's childhood unfold before them, they're forced to confront the parts of her life they never noticed.
The sacrifices.
The loneliness.
The love she had for her siblings.
And the little girl who learned far too young that if she didn't look after everyone else, who would?
As Buck watches the memories of the girl Melanie used to be, he begins to understand the woman he fell in love with-and realizes just how much she deserved someone to take care of her, too.