Gina opened the fridge to find a big bag of the omelet muffins Lexie had made for her. She mourned the loss of having a friend so close, but Lexie had stayed for just over a month. She had a life back on the island, and she couldn’t stay forever.
Gina, however, felt like she’d been sentenced to a life of loneliness, and it was completely unsatisfying.
After all, her closeting systems couldn’t share the excitement of landing a big client. Her tool belt didn’t want to take her to dinner to talk to her. Her empty house didn’t get fuller just because Gina bought more furniture.
And while she hadn’t thought she wanted someone to talk to, to ask her questions, to share her life with, now that she’d had even a brief taste of it with Owen, she found everything else in her life lacking.
She key
