POV SarahZane had told Grace and Chloe that after the recital we would go to dinner wherever they liked, confident that, considering the occasion, Chloe would defer to Grace. In any event, after sweeping her up into huge hugs and telling her how incredible she had been, we hustled into the car and
“I’m in this for keeps, Zane, whatever happens.”He covered my hand with his own, and for a long, sweet moment we just sat there and let the world keep its own counsel for a bit.Then the girls returned and made awed noises at the salmon roses.After all that, it was hardly a surprise the girls fell
Zane POVAnd I thought my study couldn’t get more crowded.In addition to the usual suspects of Travis, Rucker, Whitmore, and Wilson, we now had Ted sitting in one corner, typing away but still managing to listen to every word, and Dr. Hayes in the other corner, nodding to himself.Add Sarah and me
Sarah POVDearest Sarah,I wonder if you read these emails. I hope so. I like to think so.I thought of you today when I was in the park. I think I’ve told you before that I love to walk through Woldenburg Park, the one by the mall with all the beautiful trees. I suppose that sounds pretentious, lik
Sarah POVI sat there with my cup of medium roast and felt stupid for four reasons.First, Zane wasn’t happy. I had explained to him more than once how valuable this meeting with Scott might be, but he actually seemed jealous in his response, which I had said was ridiculous, which didn’t go well.Se
POV SarahWe met in Zane’s office, though Dr. Hayes couldn’t make it, and Ambassador Torrin was busy doing something ambassadors did. Claude’s face was alone on his screen.“I looked up the report,” Travis told Zane. “But then, I suppose you recognized the autopsy number.”“I did.” He looked at me.
POV ScottAll in all, the meeting with Sarah went well. I chose my outfit and demeanor well, and she relaxed more than she had planned to. She was obviously shocked at my mention of walking with her to reveal the moon, but I was off with the dead horses—odd, they were always there in the dream, dead
Sarah POVZane warned me about Scott, but I didn’t realize how much he was downplaying his half-brother’s less desirous qualities, to put it mildly. Actually, he gave me the creeps, and I can’t help but think that if I’d been told about Scott, if I’d met him before Zane and I announced our engageme