The Spring She Grew Into

For sixteen years, Janice Douglas has been Adrian Smith's shadow — following him to the same college, spending weekends caring for his anxious mother, and crossing oceans whenever he seemed unwell. When he announces his return to marry, she believes their long-awaited future has finally arrived.

Then, in a private room, she hears him propose to Yvette Ellis and dismiss their years together as nothing. Worse, he asks his friends to keep the engagement from her until the Smith and Douglas families seal their joint venture in ten days.

Janice swallows her tears and tells her coworkers she will marry in ten days too. As she packs up the home she and Adrian shared, she begins to turn the page on him — and on the girl she used to be.