Contents

Chapter 1

Lindsay, come on, we’re going to be late!” Haley pounds…

Chapter 2

She’s barely more than a waif, and I ponder if…

Chapter 3

Haley and I crawl into her car without a word.

Chapter 4

My head just aches with all this paperwork. Ron hid…

Chapter 5

Nothing ever truly changes. In biblical times, I’d have a…

Chapter 6

I’m done.” I exhale with vigor into the phone. If…

Chapter 7

Time flies when you’re having fun. Or so, the infamous…

Chapter 8

He’ll be taxed on everything exceeding that. My best guess…

Chapter 9

I’m glad my nosey neighbors don’t speak. What happens here,…

Chapter 10

The concrete walls of L.A. are closing in on me.

Chapter 11

My future years stretch out before me, long and empty.

Chapter 12

Great, I’ll see you then.” I hang up the phone…

Chapter 13

Even Kuku is looking at me with scorn, pacing around…

Chapter 14

She likes you, you know,” Ronnie says as we get…

Chapter 15

Bette Taylor is about my age, but she’s much younger…

Chapter 16

As I stare into the fire, my cheek resting on…

Chapter 17

I can’t believe I’m standing here, mere feet from my…

Chapter 18

So now probably isn’t the time to tell Jane I…

Chapter 19

Sit down, son.” I can’t bear to look him in…

Chapter 20

A cruise. Never thought of myself as the cruising sort,…

Chapter 21

I’m packing my suitcase, ready to get back to a…

Chapter 22

I have my whole life in front of me. That’s…

Chapter 23

She’s dead.”

Chapter 24

Only ten days on dry land, and I have yet…

Epilogue

Haley’s wedding day is perfect. The sun is shining, the…