Elias I tap my foot as I crane my neck to look at the traffic backed up in front. s**t. I press the buzzer to the front of the limo. “Are we going to be late?” I ask Alan. “No, sir; we’re an hour early. Plenty of time.” “I don’t want to miss her flight. Go the back way.” “You won’t. Relax.” I sit back and try to control my nerves. Chloe Bennett hasn’t contacted me all weekend, and I’m pretty sure she’s coming home to end it between us. I’ve run and run and run. The only time I have had any semblance of peace is when I’ve pounded the pavement around New York. I can’t accept the possibility that I won’t be in her life, that she won’t be in mine . . . the thought sickens me. How could I have been so f*****g stupid? I’ve been trying to pull a logical argument together in my head as to

