Say You'll Remember Me(100)

Jeneva glanced over and did a double take. Then Tristan leaned between the seats and saw what we were looking at and tapped Dad. His eyes went wide in the rearview mirror.

Jeneva reached in and started pulling it all out.

Rings, bracelets, lockets, earrings—it was all of it. Every last missing piece.

We looked at each other and I slapped a hand over my mouth and started to laugh.

I beamed and looked in the rearview mirror at Mom. Tristan on one side of her, Dad on the other. Dad was holding her hand. And my mother sat there in full color with her eyes closed, the wind in her hair, smiling.





ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Thank you, Dr. Erika Kubik, Dr. Caite Wiacek, and Dr. Kristina Kiefer for the veterinarian POV and guidance. Thank you to registered practical nurse Olivia K?gel for helping me understand memory care. You spent way more time DMing me about this than you probably signed up for, but I appreciate you more than you know. Shirlene Obuobi, thank you for helping me with Grandma’s diagnosis and Whitney for the nursing information. A special shout-out to Evelyn, Mike, and Sophia Szpliet, who have an electric-blue 1966 Dodge Dart convertible they let me look at and sit in. I drove the car I wrote into the book when I was sixteen and seeing one again was like visiting an old friend. Much appreciation to Beta readers Kim Kao, Jeanette Theisen Jett, Kristin Curran, Sara Reda, Terri Puffer Burrell, Amy Edwards Norman, Dawn Cooper, Karen Flood, and sensitivity reader Leigh Kramer. My usual disclaimer that any inaccuracies in this book are probably my own misunderstanding of the topic and not a reflection of the people who advised me. I did try my best though, haha.

A big thank-you to my agent, who has been on a parallel line with me for eight years when this book comes out.

Thank you to my fantastic team at Forever Romance. My editor Leah, publicity duo Estelle and Dana, who coordinate all the wonderful media and publicity for my books. And thank you, Sarah Congdon, for my most beautiful cover yet.

And to Naomi, my oldest daughter, who helped me pick the song at the end, but when I asked her to spell Morissette so I could write it down, she told me Google is free. Thanks for nothing lol.





XAVIER’S ANNIVERSARY PLAYLIST FOR SAMANTHA


“Harvest Moon,” Neil Young “Stop Feeling,” The Aces “Water Underground,” Real Estate “Remember When,” Wallows “Warm Blood,” Flor

“Everywhere,” Fleetwood Mac “It Might Be You,” Steven Bishop “Amsterdam,” Gregory Alan Isakov “Stars,” Sam Airey

“Studio 6,” Matt Maltese “She Won’t Go Away,” Faye Webster “Loveless,” Lo Moon

“Come On Eileen,” Dexys Midnight Runners





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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Abby Jimenez is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romantic fiction. Her novels have sold millions of copies and been translated into twenty-eight languages. Some of her favorite highlights include a Good Morning America Book Club pick, a Book of the Month Book of the Year award, and the Minnesota Book Award.

Before her writing career, Abby was in the national spotlight as a Cupcake Wars champion and founder of Nadia Cakes bakery, which has since gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions and amass an international following. She lives near Minneapolis with her husband, three daughters, and four dogs—all TikTok famous in their own right. Abby loves romance novels, coffee, doglets, and not leaving the house.

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