At Any Moment by Brenna Aubrey

Table of Content

• 1. Title Page
• 2. “Respawns, Do-overs and What Video Games Can Teach Us About Life”
• 3. 1. This was the ongoing story of how I completely and utterly fucked up my life.
• 4. 2. I watched Emilia closely as the doctor delivered her prognosis numbers.
• 5. 3. I slowly got out of the car, my muscles stiff with annoyance.
• 6. 4. After yet another long and sleepless night...
• 7. 5. We spent New Year’s Eve in Adam’s audiovisual room...
• 8. 6. Emilia spent the rest of New Year’s Day in her room at Heath’s...
• 9. 7. My body felt like it was breaking in half and my heart along with it.
• 10. 8. Emilia had her minor surgical procedures done...
• 11. 9. “Not All Secrets Stay That Way Forever”
• 12. 10. I leaned back against the couch and listened to her sleep.
• 13. 11. “You need to do it, Mia.”
• 14. 12. I stood frozen for a moment while Emilia heaved...
• 15. 13. “Meta-gaming or the Lives our Characters Lead, Without Us”
• 16. 14. Over the next few days all she seemed to do was sleep...
• 17. 15. “Take that you green-faced fucktard!”
• 18. 16. It was two a.m. and I’d drifted off to sleep again...
• 19. 17. “Online Friendship: Is It the Real Deal?”
• 20. 18. After brushing my teeth and changing into my pajamas...
• 21. 19. I was sure that Adam thought I couldn’t handle a little...
• 22. 20. I knew she had questions that I couldn’t—or wouldn’t—answer.
• 23. 21. Something was wrong. I knew it the moment...
• 24. 22. Thank God I checked on her regularly after a new round.
• 25. 23. “I can help you with one of those, you know,”
• 26. 24. I spent about a half hour with Jordan signing paperwork...
• 27. 25. Two weeks later, the night before Adam’s twenty-seventh birthday...
• 28. 26. We slept in the bed together and I know she was expecting more.
• 29. 27. The hotel was breathtaking, and from the moment we entered...
• 30. 28. I was enjoying this immensely.
• 31. 29. Project Seduction was about to cash in.
• 32. 30. I folded her in my arms, held her tightly...
• 33. 31. The night before we were to fly home...
• 34. 32. Two days after we returned home, Emilia went in for her scan.
• 35. 33. I was doing this for Adam. He wanted me there.
• 36. 34. “Do you want to talk?” I whispered.
• 37. 35. I undid the towel from his waist...
• 38. 36. I watched as her face clouded, like a storm suddenly sweeping overland.
• 39. 37. I waited in the weighted tension between us for him to respond.
• 40. 38. I was up all night. I didn’t even try to sleep.
• 41. 39. Full circle. That’s what this was.
• 42. 40. I dreamt about her every night she was gone.
• 43. 41. The hotel room in which we were staying for the wedding...
• 44. 42. It was almost midnight when I fell back against the pillow...
• 45. 43. I lingered on the rocks after that short, humble ceremony.
• 46. 44. I jogged up that hill as quickly as I could once I left the sand.
• 47. 45. I trudged across the sand and let myself into the cottage.
• 48. 46. Emilia had pressed something into my hand.
• 49. 47. Six Weeks Later.
• 50. Acknowledgements
• 51. For The Win Excerpt
• 52. Author’s Note
• 53. Copyright
• 54. Table of Contents