6Chapter 5 – Cinnamon Rolls, Confessions, and Complicated Mothers
28Chapter 27 – Old Habits, New Feelings
7Chapter 6 – Ripples in Calm Water
29Chapter 28 – The Question Hanging There
8Chapter 7 – Ghosts, Gala Plans, and Guiding Hands
30Chapter 29 – What It Means to Stay
9Chapter 8 – Flappers, Feathers, and the First Spark
31Chapter 30 – The Things We’re Avoiding
10Chapter 9 – Homecomings and Hard Conversations
32Chapter 32 – Almost Letting Go
11Chapter 10 – Pumpkins, Promotions, and Paths Forward
33Chapter 33 – The Moment That Shifts Everything
12Chapter 11 – Back to Reality
34Chapter 34 – What We Owe Ourselves
13Chapter 12 – Where It Starts to Feel Real
35Chapter 35 – When Leaving Isn’t the Answer
14Chapter 13 – The Part We’re Afraid to Name
36Chapter 36 – The Hardest Conversation
15Chapter 14 – What Almost Happens
37Chapter 37 – What Love Asks Of Us
16Chapter 15 – Staying Starts to Matter
38Chapter 38 – Standing in the Truth
17Chapter 16 – The Choice Underneath It All
39Chapter 39 – The Risk Feels Worth It
18Chapter 17 – When the Past Loosens Its Hold
40Chapter 40 – Where We Choose Each Other Again
19Chapter 18 – Letting Someone Stay
41Chapter 41 – Letting the Future In
20Chapter 19 – The Risk We Finally Take
42Chapter 42 – The Shape of Something Real
21Chapter 20 – What Comes After the Fear
43Chapter 43 – What Comes Next
22Chapter 21 – Choosing Each Other
44Chapter 44 – After Goodbye: Epilogue