He Lost Me, I Found Myself

Synopsis

My name was Eleanor Sutton, and for most of my life, I lived in my sister June Sutton's shadow. Because of how much I looked like her, I got to marry Arthur Goodwin, the man I had loved for years, and spend thirty years as June's replacement. I learned her preferences and copied her mannerisms. I locked away every part of who I was, all in the name of love. On my fiftieth birthday, I got into a car accident. When I was dying, I remembered something Arthur once said to his friends when he was drunk. He said, "If June were still alive, I wouldn't have given Eleanor a second glance." Turned out the love I had held onto for thirty years had all been a cruel joke. My heart went cold, but when I opened my eyes again, I somehow found myself back at twenty years old, the day before our wedding. This time, I was not marrying him. Instead, I threw myself back into my passion for coffee. Years later, when I stunned the world and became an internationally celebrated coffee artist, Arthur forced his way through the crowd backstage, his voice trembling. "Eleanor, I'm sorry. Please come back." I sneered. Why would I waste my life on a man who realized my worth far too late?