Grad student Andrea is mostly self-assured and quite open to whatever the world might bring her way. She's sensible, but she's got a quiet belief in the supernatural and a daytime interest in studying history, and finds herself surprised to be falling head over heels for the older woman she just met. Liz is thrilled to have made a new best friend. Overjoyed with how well they click, how well her son likes Andrea, how much fun they have together, and how easily she can open up, Liz finally considers it might be more. Blissfully in love, Liz relishes in how all this makes her feel, and how it's almost made her forget that high school boyfriend she's been grieving over for a couple decades. But maybe things are too good to be true? A family dinner brings up questions for Liz. Questions that prove difficult to answer, and possible answers that defy logic and reason.

Eternally Yours

She hadn’t heard anything in over a week, and it had been several days since Gabe saw her at the store. (“Really, Liz, she just seemed sad. She cried about Lucas and potatoes, for Christ’s sake!”)Liz flopped in her chair, all the muscles in her legs weak, and held up the envelope as if it was going to bite her.


Taking a deep breath, she resolved to get this over with as quickly as possible. She opened the envelope and pulled the letter out, distantly aware of Opie Taylor yelling something in the other room. The writing seemed blurred for a moment, until she blinked and realized she’d been tearing up.


I know you think I’m certifiable, or worse, and I almost can’t blame you. Then sometimes I wish I could go back in time, keep my ideas to myself, or get us out of the house before Mama got through so many of her stories, just so maybe I wouldn’t have lost you. And Lucas, too.


Chapter 20