6Chris.
43CHAPTER 7 — THE DRIVE
7Together.
44Tall, handsome, smart, successful …
8Still life-changing.
45A sharp contrast to the storm inside him.
9CHAPTER 3 — THE DEAL
46For a moment
10Mark didn’t look up.
47Neat.
11The name hung in the room like a loaded accusation.
48And something about her felt special.
12A cold, immediate awareness spread through him.
49Then more.
13Then.
50Then.
14“Okay…”
51Toward Bridget.
15Chris didn’t respond.
52CHAPTER 8 — THE DOOR
16CHAPTER 4 — THE VISIT
53Unchanged.
17Disconnected.
54Was something else.
18Not a delivery.
55but with strong deep feelings, clarity and conviction.
19“Lucas Sanford.”
56Permanent.
20Unavoidable.
57Done.
21Unimpressed.
58Only consequence.
22Heavier.
59CHAPTER 9 — THE CHOICE
23CHAPTER 5 — THE FALLOUT
60Almost. Reassuring himself..
24Her mind elsewhere.
61But change didn’t mean defeat.
25But today?
62And now
26But today.
63Reassured.
27A quiet switch.
64Instead
28Unfiltered.
65CHAPTER 10 — THE AFTERMATH
29A beat.
66Comfort.
30Not anymore.
67Stacey didn’t feel alone.
31Just for a second.
68Uninvited.
32CHAPTER 6 — THE BREAKING POINT
69Plant flowers by her window.
33Each one stretching longer than the last.
70A feeling of freedom and rediscovery.
34All at once.
71CHAPTER 11 — THE CONTINUATION
35Not a word.
72Not a distraction.
36With someone else.
73And somewhere in between these lives
37His expression.
74And something more.
