Camilla
The lightness from lunch faded as we sat in quiet, and I braced myself for whatever he was about to say.
David joined me at the table after a while, moving into the chair across from me. Our conversation started — Ava's recent connection to Alex, and what I planned to do about that.
"Well, I couldn't take that away from her. I would allow them to talk. Let her have that friendship.
But telling him the truth? No.
He wasn't there when I needed him most. He picked Alessia. He walked away."
He looked at me, as if thinking before he added.
"That's not a bad decision actually."
Then, naturally, it moved to his work.
"Things are different here in Los Angeles," he said. "Back in San Francisco, the hospital wasn't as fast-paced and busy. Here, it's constant. New
