{"product_id":"this-is-what-you-wanted-sarah-dawson-powell-9798999715708","title":"This Is What You Wanted","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen we were kids, they told us we couldn't be together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe didn't listen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow, we're adults and don't know how to be apart... or together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no future for us. We let this lie live for too long, let it feel so real that even we believed it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm tired of living two lives, not really knowing who I am, and believing River can be someone he can't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is it. It's time for us to move on, count our losses and figure out what life apart looks like. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as I speak the words and tell River it's the way it must be, I can't help but wonder if I will ever find someone who knows me-knows my mind, my secrets, my body-as well as he does. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma is out of her mind. She thinks we can walk away from one another like our lives aren't so intertwined that I can't even tell where she ends and I begin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is a part of me, the reason I am who I am. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hear her words and understand her reasons, but I refuse to accept them. When I think about the future, she is there in the starring role, the center of everything, and she is mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma wants to put a stop to our double life, but it's impossible. My heart is hers, and if she leaves me, she will take it with her along with all my-\u003cem\u003eour\u003c\/em\u003e-secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Dawson Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999715708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e On the Rocks Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d","brand":"Sarah Dawson Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852622737663,"sku":"9798999715708","price":15.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-what-you-wanted-sarah-dawson-powell-9798999715708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}