“Do you believe in fate?” she asked in response. “That people can be tied together by something bigger?” “That’s quite a question for nine a.m.” Collins smiled at me. “I just…I wonder if every decision I’ve ever made was leading me to you,” she said, and my hammer slipped out of my hand. I didn’t even hear it hit the floor. “I know mine led me to you,” I said quietly. I’d never been more sure of anything—the discovery in the cellar only confirmed it. Collins came into my life exactly when I needed her—when I needed something to hope for and something to push me forward, and she did that for me
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