Goodreads asked Cheryl L. Ilov:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Cheryl L. Ilov Six years ago a man re-entered my life after 33 years. Full disclosure, he was my first serious boyfriend, and ended up being the main reason I moved to Colorado from Pennsylvania. It appeared he had my entire life all planned out, but unfortunately neglected to tell me about it. Upon discovering the plan, I knew that just breaking up with him wouldn't work. He was a control freak as well as a planner. He was also a few years older than me and considered himself very worldly and wise compared to me, and loved to tell me what to do. Did I mention he was a control freak?

I was in my senior year in college. I broke up with him, packed my 1974 Ford Maverick and 5 days after graduation, left town with a college room mate to have an adventure and seek our fortunes. Thirty-three years later, when I was back in my hometown taking care of my dying parents when I heard a strange woman's voice calling his name as I was driving my mother home from the hospital. The sequence of events that followed were pretty bizarre, and remarkable. And it all started with a small gold necklace that I threw away just a few weeks earlier.....

It was so weird. And boy, did I dodge a bullet!

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