Chapter 26: Tenderness
One small crack doesn’t mean you are broken, it means you were put to the test and didn’t fall apart. – Linda Poindexter
Monday morning, Jolene woke up bruised and sore. She knew somewhere in the back of her mind that she needed to leave. She’d heard the stories all of her life. It would only get...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: New Beginnings
2. Chapter 2: Sunday
3. Chapter 3: Sunrise
4. Chapter 4: Movies and Pizza
5. Chapter 5: Flowers
6. Chapter 6: Saturday Morning
7. Chapter 7: Fall Dance
8. Chapter 8: Thirty Days 
9. Chapter 9: Golden Iron
10. Chapter 10: Tears
11. Chapter 11: First Time (R18+)
12. Chapter 12: Nails
13. Chapter 13: Date
14. Chapter 14: Gorillas
15. Chapter 15: Midnight Call
16. Chapter 16: New Helen
17. Chapter 17: Pinky
18. Chapter 18: Two Against One
19. Chapter 19: Bob
20. Chapter 20: Girl's Night
21. Chapter 21: Constellations
22. Chapter 22: Stars
23. Chapter 23: Sunday Gathering
24. Chapter 24: I want you to be my queen
25. Chapter 25: Little Brother
26. Chapter 26: Tenderness
27. Chapter 27: Cognac
28. Chapter 28: Lava Cake
29. Chapter 29: Sex Talk
30. Chapter 30: Morning
31. Chapter 31: Questions
32. Chapter 32: Burns
33. Chapter 33: Mom
34. Chapter 34: Emergency Room
35. Chapter 35: Extra Plates
36. Chapter 36: Results
37. Chapter 37: Lies
38. Chapter 38: Photo Shoot
39. Chapter 39: Election Day
40. Chapter 40: Playroom
41. Chapter 41: The Gym
42. Chapter 42: Broken
43. Chapter 43: Tests
44. Chapter 44: Bunny's Office
45. Chapter 45: Confrontation
46. Chapter 46: Nails
47. Chapter 47: Flowers and Fears
48. Chapter 48: Decisions
49. Chapter 49: Delivery
50. Chapter 50: Hubba Hubba
51. Chapter 51: Final Fight
52. Chapter 52: Mermaid
53. Chapter 53: Sheriff
54. Chapter 54: Arrival
55. Chapter 55: Marital Dispute
56. Chapter 56: Mercy
57. Chapter 57: Waiting Room
58. Chapter 58: Indoor Pool
59. Chapter 59: Press Conference
60. Chapter 60: Video
61. Chapter 61: Hospital Days
62. Chapter 62: Released
63. Chapter 63: IGYS Security
64. Chapter 64: Guards
65. Chapter 65: Offers
66. Chapter 66: Physical Therapy
67. Chapter 67: Changes
68. Chapter 68: King O
69. Chapter 69: House Rules
70. Chapter 70: Perkins Place
71. Chapter 71: Dr. Bunny
72. Chapter 72: Swim Meet
73. Chapter 73: Visitor
74. Chapter 74: Date
75. Chapter 75: Date Night
76. Chapter 76: Contract
77. Chapter 77: Shower
78. Chapter 78: Watching
79. Chapter 79: Douggie
80. Chapter 80: Watched
81. Chapter 81: Doctor
82. Chapter 82: Christmas
83. Chapter 83: Keys
84. Chapter 84: Hospital Christmas
85. Chapter 85: Morning
86. Chapter 86: Princess Party
87. Chapter 87: Knots
88. Chapter 88: New Year's Eve
89. Chapter 89: Morgan City Police Dept
90. Chapter 90: Parker
91. Chapter 91: Anonymous
92. Chapter 92: Pax
93. Chapter 93: Neo's Place
94. Chapter 94: Spam
95. Chapter 95: Crisis
96. Chapter 96: Coffee and Cookies
97. Chapter 97: Dean
98. Chapter 98: Mary
99. Chapter 99: Binch
100. Chapter 100: Grief
101. Chapter 101: Neo
102. Chapter 102: Johnson
103. Chapter 103: Dad
104. Chapter 104: JD
105. Chapter 105" Homecoming
106. Chapter 106: Sunday
107. Chapter 107: Goodbye
108. Chapter 108: Fishing
109. Chapter 109: Nineteen
110. Chapter 110: Saturday
111. Chapter 111: Mafia
112. Chapter 112: Valentine's Day
113. Chapter 113: R.A.D.
114. Chapter 114: Stay
115. Chapter 115: Matza Ball
116. Chapter 116: Faeries
117. Chapter 117: Jack
118. Chapter 118: Breakfast
119. Chapter 119: Divorce
120. Chapter 120: C & N Investigations
121. Chapter 121: Free
122. Chapter 122: BBQ
123. Chapter 123: School
124. Chapter 124: Heels
125. Chapter 125: Pancakes
126. Chapter 126: Debt
127. Chapter 127: Elevator
128. Chapter 128: Flat Tire
129. Chapter 129: Alert
130. Chapter 130: County Hospital
131. Chapter 131: State Competition
132. Chapter 132: Awards
133. Chapter 133: Beach
134. Chapter 134: Warehouse
135. Chapter 135: Meeting
136. Chapter 136: Unraveling
137. Chapter 137: Finding Herself
138. Chapter 138: Shelby
139. Chapter 139: Alphabet Soup
140. Chapter 140: Sonogram
141. Chapter 141: Prom
142. Chapter 142: Plans
143. Chapter 143: Dress Shopping
144. Chapter 144: Pink or Blue
145. Chapter 145: Story Time
146. Chapter 146: Graduation
147. Chapter 147: Mermaid's Purse
148. Chapter 148: Triplets
149. Chapter 149: Early Morning
150. Chapter 150: NICU
151. Chapter 151: Advice
152. Chapter 152: Rings
153. Chapter 153: Shipping Out
154. Chapter 154: Saying Goodbye
155. Chapter 155: Breakfast
156. Chapter 156: Call Home
157. Chapter 157: Parking Lot
158. Chapter 158: Rooms
159. Chapter 159: Throne Room
160. Chapter 160: Late
161. Chapter 161: Sub Space
162. Chapter 162: Tradition
163. Chapter 163: First Day
164. Chapter 164: Zombie
165. Chapter 165: Flight
166. Chapter 166: Shopping
167. Chapter 167: Around Chicago
168. Chapter 168: Morning
169. Chapter 169: Naval Recruit
170. Chapter 170: Pass-in-Review
171. Chapter 171: Graduates
172. Chapter 172: Room
173. Chapter 173: Finally
174. Chapter 174: Mac
175. Chapter 175: New Home
176. Chapter 176 - Monday Morning
177. Chapter 177 - Books
178. Chapter 178 - Pies
179. Chapter 179 - Read To Me
180. Chapter 180 - New House
181. Chapter 181: Push Ups
182. Chapter 182 - The Dress
183. Chapter 183 - My Shoes
184. Chapter 184 - Christmas Eve
185. Chapter 185 - Christmas Stocking
186. Chapter 186 - Midnight
187. Chapter 187 - Monster
188. Chapter 188 - Hashmarks
189. Chapter 189 - Lunch
190. Chapter 190: Cabaret
191. Chapter 191: Prom
192. Chapter 192: Roses and Webs
193. Chapter 193: Busy Morning
194. Chapter 194: Historic District Mural
195. Chapter 195: First Birthday
196. Chapter 196: Dinner
197. Chapter 197: Pillow Talk
198. Chapter 198: Teacher
199. Chapter 199: Pictures
200. Chapter 200: Tomorrow
201. Mermaid Tears Sneak Peak
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