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The Prologue centers on a hospital scene fifteen years earlier, where Ember processes loss, guilt, and the pressure of making a difficult choice, supported by Nurse Claire’s blunt yet compassionate guidance. Trigger warnings address sensitive topics including teen pregnancy, adoption, stalking, kidnapping, stalking-related harm, drugging, cheating, interpersonal and sexual violence, and murder.",".  \nOCEANOFPDF. COM  \nPIECES OF US  \nCopyright © 2025 by Taylor Blackthorne  \n-First Edition: October 2025-  \nThis novel and its contents are a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. This book was written in its entirety by a human and has no AI content. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. If you would like permission to use material from the book, other than for the purpose of critical articles or reviews, please contact the author.  \nCover art by: Taylor Blackthorne  \nEditing by: @syntax.and.swoon  \nFormatting by: Taylor Blackthorne  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n[www.taylorblackthorne.com](www.taylorblackthorne.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo the sixteen year old me, who felt like it would never be okay again:  \nYou did it, babe.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTRIGGER WARNINGS  \nTeen Pregnancy Adoption Stalking Kidnapping Drugging  \nCheating (not between FMC & MMC) Interpersonal Violence Sexual Violence Murder  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nPrologue  \n1. Ember  \n2. Ember  \n3. Ember  \n4. Harley  \n5. Ember  \n6. Harley  \n7. Ember  \n8. Harley  \n9. Ember  \n10. Harley  \n11. Ember  \n12. Harley  \n13. Ember  \n14. Harley  \n15. Ember  \n16. Ember  \n17. Harley  \n18. Ember  \n19. Harley  \n20. Ember  \n21. Harley  \n22. Ember  \n23. Ember  \n24. Harley  \n25. Ember  \n26. Harley  \n27. Ember  \n28. Harley  \n29. Ember  \nEpilogue  \nAcknowledgments  \nAbout the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPROLOGUE  \nEMBER  \nFIFTEEN YEARS AGO  \nI lay in the hospital bed, feeling a mix of heartbreak and relief. The monitors beep in a low constant rhythm while I lay and wait for the nurse to come in to update me, dreading what comes next. The fluorescent lights in the ceiling are turned down, the window allowing natural light to flood in. The walls are a soft cream color, with the TV mounted across from me. Beside the TV is the patient whiteboard that has all of my information and patient goals.“Have a healthy baby!” is checked off on the board. Hearing the door open, I cringe as I lay in the bed. Nurse Claire pulls the curtain back and confirms my fear with her next words.  \n“Now that the social worker is gone, we’ll get you moved onto the postpartum floor for tonight.” She slides the blood pressure cuff onto my arm. “If everything goes smoothly overnight, you’ll be discharged tomorrow.” After sliding the cuff off, she logs into her computer and enters my vitals into my chart.  \nI sit there quietly, taking it all in and dreading that I’ll be surrounded by newborn cries and mothers singing soft lullabies.  \nMy mom and Ensley, my childhood best friend, just left to go shower and nap now that the baby had arrived safely. I am supposed to be sleeping, beginning the journey of recovery after giving birth, but I can’t sleep. The heartbreak is drowning me.  \nThe nurse walks to the sink in the room, washing her hands quietly, before heading toward the door.  \nI begin to panic. “Is there another place mothers can go, who aren’t taking their baby home?” My eyes begin to blur, filling with tears.“I know sometimes, if the baby passes, the hospital can put the family away from the cries and stuff.” I stammer, trying to will my seventeen-year-old self to make sense and not sound as weak as I feel.  \nNurse Claire looks at me, a sequence of emotions passing across her face.“I can talk to the postpartum floor and see what we can do.”  \nI instantly feel a weight lift off my chest and blow out the breath I didn’t realize I was holding. I look up at her and meet her eyes, feeling weak. Claire locks eyes gently with me, and it seems like she wants to say more. 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