Astonished, I stand at the open door of the coffee shop, the steady stream of people passing by, each person wrapped in their own world, with their own story. I've changed so much since Gabe. And yet, here I am. Totally unaware that the universe was about to send my past crashing into my present when we arrived here.
I've come a long way from the broken woman who once clung to a love I thought I couldn't live without. Now, I'm whole. Stronger. More confident in who I am and what I want from life. I've built my own career, one step at a time, learning to trust my instincts, learning to trust myself.
Yet, as gray orbs locked into my brown eyes... nothing I have learned, matters.
"Megara." His voice- is it possible that your heart can stagger?
He's different. There's something quieter in him now, a stillness that wasn't there before. He's not the same man who once broke my heart. Twice...but who's counting, right?