Nothing Like Fate

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Parts 8
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Parts 8
Time 1h 36m

{HIATUS}
    
    "I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together." ~Lisa Kleypas
    
    When your father is the town mayor public image is everything. I, Lacey Carter, have been taught this since I could understand the concept. 
    
    So no one can know that I'm actually failing math or the loving smiles my parents plaster on when in the public eye are about as real as the Barbies I played with when I was in first grade. And absolutely no one can know that my mom caught my dad screwing some random girl last year who couldn't have been much older than my 19-year-old sister. Let's just say that if anybody knew that my family's acting skills could rival Hollywood's A-listers, we'd be in some serious trouble.
    
    So when my dad hires a new police chief and he has a son exactly my age, I'm supposed to get along just swimmingly with him. It hardly matters that I happen to hate his cocky, over-confident, and supposed bad boy personality. It hardly matters that I can't stand the fact that his dashing good looks have girls drooling at his feet. I'm supposed to just suck it up, plaster on that all-too-familiar fake smile and pretend that I have nothing against the cocky bastard, because that's what perfect girls do, and I'm the perfect girl, remember?All Rights Reserved

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{HIATUS}
    
    "I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together." ~Lisa Kleypas
    
    When your father is the town mayor public image is everything. I, Lacey Carter, have been taught this since I could understand the concept. 
    
    So no one can know that I'm actually failing math or the loving smiles my parents plaster on when in the public eye are about as real as the Barbies I played with when I was in first grade. And absolutely no one can know that my mom caught my dad screwing some random girl last year who couldn't have been much older than my 19-year-old sister. Let's just say that if anybody knew that my family's acting skills could rival Hollywood's A-listers, we'd be in some serious trouble.
    
    So when my dad hires a new police chief and he has a son exactly my age, I'm supposed to get along just swimmingly with him. It hardly matters that I happen to hate his cocky, over-confident, and supposed bad boy personality. It hardly matters that I can't stand the fact that his dashing good looks have girls drooling at his feet. I'm supposed to just suck it up, plaster on that all-too-familiar fake smile and pretend that I have nothing against the cocky bastard, because that's what perfect girls do, and I'm the perfect girl, remember?

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