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Grace: Are we sure my heroine shouldn’t end up with the farmer?

Rachel: Him again? I thought you were supposed to be working on Noah’s memoir.

Grace: I AM supposed to be working on Noah’s memoir.

Rachel: Then why are we still talking about the farmer?

Grace: Because my heroine’s heart is in serious trouble and I should be working on helping her, not Noah’s memoir!

Rachel: Just for the record, I’m pretty sure I saw this “farmer” in person the other week and he didn’t look fat or portly. He looked old. Shouldn’t we be calling him the elderly farmer?

Grace: 51 is not elderly!

Rachel: So we are talking about Luke. I knew it!

Grace: We’re talking about my heroine!

Rachel: Fine. But I thought we already agreed your heroine needs to end up with the real hero at the end.

Grace: What if the real hero broke her heart in the past? What if he wasn’t there when she needed him? What if she didn’t like the bitter, angry person she was turning into, so she pushed him away because she didn’t know how else to get rid of her pain? What if the farmer is the only safe bet she has for never getting her heart shattered again?

Rachel: What if she’s never stopped loving the real hero? What if he’s worth risking her heart for again? What if the farmer deserves someone who will love him as much as the heroine loves her real hero?

Grace: What if the heroine’s just not brave enough?

Rachel: Then I guess I only have one thing left to say. I completely understand.