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Bryce She's the one who got away. Never for one moment did I think Amelia would wind up with someone else. When she took for the Big City after ditching her job at the diner here, I was in shock. I knew she'd be back. But days turned into weeks turned into months. My family here tried so hard not to mention she was gone that it was painfully obvious. I get it, she left because she didn't want to go down the same path as her mother-who worked at the diner until her health failed. Things would have been different for us though, I thought. Guess that Amelia didn't agree. When I heard she was carrying some other guy's baby. That was the gut punch. Up until that point I thought she'd come back. But no one would let her go now. She was lost to me forever. To get my family and friends off my back, I went on a few dates but my heart wasn't in it. Eventually everyone just let me be. The only solace I found was working at my repair shop restoring old cars. I fix newer ones too because it helps pay the bills. But my heart and soul goes into bringing those beauties back to life. That was until the day I happened by a smoking car at the side of the road. I got the shock of my life when Amelia and her little boy were inside. Now that they're back I'll do anything I can to make her say. Except telling her I still love her. She must know that is still true after all this time. There's never been anyone but her. Amelia I thought I knew everything life had to teach me growing up in a small town. There was cruelty but also kindness, liars but also lovers. I moved to the Big City because I wanted more than knowing everyone I passed on the street. Initially I loved the anonymity of the city, it was freeing to run out of a coffee and not need to explain yourself to a friend of your great aunt who scolded you "for paying for someone else to make coffee when you can make it at home for yourself for a fraction of the pr