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"I don’t knohere he is," the tes when I ask if she’s seen Garrett "He texted askingtime!"

"I will" I duck into the back and hurry upstairs, wondering if he’s waiting for rabmy phone to try his number

Voice "This place is crazy, and you’ll never guess who showed up: Juliet! I can’t tell you all this over the phone," I decide in the iddy relief and joy drives one, so I cli coastal road out to the beach house I roll all the n, savoring the feel of the cool night air whipping around ht just be the best night of o, that I would wind up here, feeling so free? My life had been a series of gilt-edged cages: beautiful, but so constricting I lived outloss and style in the world could make up for how trapped and miserable I really was

I felt numb, I couldn’t breathe

I didn’t love

And now…The future feels wide open to rasp The chance of forging a new relationship with Juliet is a gift I’ that she wants to try to work through our terrible past fillsA home, a job: those are details I can work out down the road For now, it’s the relationships in ive me such hope--hope I can build a life for myself the way I used to dreaot in the way

A life of friendship and family A life of honesty, and true emotion

A life of love

I pull into the driveway at the beach house,to see Garrett’s truck parked outside I stop the car and leap out, running up the front steps

"Garrett?" I call happily, heading inside I find hi bench in the dark He’s left the lights off, and everything is shadowed and dim

"Where did you disappear to?" I ask him breathlessly My smile is so wide, my cheeks ache, but I couldn’t stop it if I tried I take his hands, pulling hie? Juliet was there! She and E to work it out You should have seen us," I babble, "ere crying like a couple of idiots I had to go finishout next week Or at least try"

Garrett gives reat," he says quietly "I hope you guys can work it out"

"And I have you to thank for everything," I tell hiratefully