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The narrative then shifts into the voice of Fern, who reflects on living an “ordinary” life, questioning how normal can feel both comforting and incomplete. Fern describes her relationship with Adam and how intimacy, optimism, and equality have faded into routine.","Love Lies  \nADELE PARKS  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPublished by the Penguin Group  \nPenguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England  \nPenguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA  \nPenguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3  \n(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)  \nPenguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd)  \nPenguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia  \n(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)  \nPenguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India  \nPenguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand  \n(a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)  \nPenguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank,  \nJohannesburg 2196, South Africa  \nPenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England  \n[www.penguin.com](www.penguin.com)  \nFirst published 2009  \nCopyright © Adele Parks, 2009  \nThe moral right of the author has been asserted  \nAll rights reserved  \nWithout limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book  \nISBN: 978-0-14-193122-7  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDedicated with much love to Tracy Bradbery  \nA woman who thoroughly understands an unsuitable crush  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPrologue  \nScott  \n‘Do I smell, Mark?’  \n‘No.’  \n‘You’d tell me if I did, right?’  \n‘I would.’  \n‘Is my hairline receding?’  \n‘No.’  \n‘You’re sure I’m not going bald?’  \n‘Yes.’  \n‘Do you think I’ll lose my teeth?’  \n‘Only if someone punches you.’  \n‘My nan got gum disease.’  \n‘We’ve got great dentists. Scott, you are coming down and this is just another one of your irrational worry sessions. We can waste a lot of time doing this, mate.’  \n‘Mark, do you think I’ll end up broke? You know, blow it all.’  \n‘No, we’ve sorted out your finances. You’re never going to suffer from poverty – other than poverty of spirit. No matter how many TVs you throw out of hotel windows.’  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1 . Fern  \nI have taken a bullet. I live an ordinary life. I’ve almost accepted it. Almost.  \nI ought to clarify I don’t always go around thinking big, profound thoughts like that. Quite a lot of the time I amuse my brain cells by thinking about which movie star is shagging which other movie star (and do they have better sex than us mere mortals), or whether I can get away with not washing my hair if I’m inventive enough with my up-do (thus securing an extra thirty minutes in bed in the morning) . My idea of deep is wondering whether organic food is worth the huge price tag or whether it’s all just a ghastly marketing con. But today I am twenty-nine years, eleven months and three weeks old. I can no longer keep the big thoughts at bay.  \nLet me clarify, when I say ordinary, I mean normal, average, run of themill, commonplace. Mundane. Clear?  \nI know, I know. I should be grateful. Ordinary has its up-side. I could be some human mutant with skin stretchy enough to be able to wrap my lower lip over the top of my head, or an über-fertile woman prone to giving birth to sextuplets and now be a proud mother of thirty-six indistinguishable, media-loving brats or someone who really does trainspot. Then my life would be considerably worse than the one I am leading, but even knowing this is not as much comfort as it should be.  \nI live my ordinary life with Adam. My boyfriend of four years. 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