Epilogue
Josie
As the season began to shift into the beautiful auburn shades of fall, we fell into a comfortable routine. I came to pick up Hannah to walk her to Brunswick Bay Elementary School each morning––or pretended to arrive at their house, if I had spent the night in Alex’s arms.
The words were flowing again for Alex, so he spent his mornings working on his next book, which I couldn’t wait to read. I was desperate to see if I recognized any traits of myself in his new heroine or details of the couple’s intimate scenes together. I’d like to think that I was the muse behind his writer’s block beginning to subside. He’d hinted that was the case, but hadn’t specifically stated it.
I had taken on two clients to train at the pool, plus I taught an early evening water aerobics class th
