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The One That Got Away

by Francine Pascal · 1999

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Will Simmons messed up. Big time. And he knows he should just let her go. He should let Jessica be happy with her new boyfriend. But he can't stop thinking about her. He knows he could make her happy—if she would only let him try.

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I messed up big-time.

And I know I should let her go.

I should just let Jessica be with her new boyfriend.

But I can't stop thinking about her.

I'm sure I could make her happy—if she would only let me.

Cover photography by Michael Segal

Genre
romanceromanceMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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