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All right I’d look into it

Chapter 1

One month and six days later

So far, so good Possibly because I hadn’t turned on my phones yet

I tapped h rush-hour traffic People were itching to go home

Despite the city noise, the honking, and the radio chatter,me a rare moment of silence in which Philly was just ht now, I had no appointments No one I had to track down or call

My only plan for tonight involved pizza and cracking open the giant Toblerone I’d bought at Heathrow

Peering between the front seats, I tried to see how far the traffic was backed up That I wasn’t able to see where it ended didn’t bode well for ht as well turn on my private phone Maybe a dozen or so people had the number, but most were related to work, and when Finn couldn’t reach o this route He wasn’t alone either

“Christ,” I muttered under my breath My phone buzzed nonstop for several seconds as the es poured in

My sister was a feeeks away froht it was all my fault that she was alone She couldn’t very well blame the father because we’d lost hiet now

We’d lost too ood men

My chest constricted every time my mind went there

In , all while ere trying to kick-start business with new regulations, new rituals…a new boss

I texted Luna back, saying I was stateside again and that I’d bought everything on her list Mainly her favorite perfus of Spanish candy

I scrolled past thein thefor breakfast at their new house out in Villanova

To e from Shan

I can’t help but worry about you, son I hope you’re having a dreadful time and come home early

My mouth twitched

Nope,I’d needed It didn’t even e when he called o of all that once and for all

Maybe

I couldn’t say I was confident I’d failed before Perhaps Shannon was destined to be the one hout ave no fucks about childhood crushes Thehot and equal parts hu-course I’d had stars in my eyes But then the infatuation had taken on a life of its own, so to the point where I feltand fading until it was barely noticeable