Chapter 23

In the few seconds it took for the call to connect, a flood of memories Evelyn had carefully locked away came rushing back, unbidden.

'We were so young back then,' she thought, the nostalgia edged with bitterness. 'To throw it all away over a few stupid words. From this distance, the reason for our breakup seemed almost laughably petty.'

But that was the thing about pride, especially when people w