Chapter 19
Chris taped up the last of the boxes in her living room and took in the small one-bedroom apartment she’d lived in since moving to Phoenix. The sun was shining in through the open sliding glass door, and she could hear the traffic on the street below. For a moment, she wondered if she was making the right decision.
She tapped the box and took a minute to look around her place, which was packed up and being emptied. An incredible sadness squeezed in her chest even though she knew her brother was right: It was time to leave Phoenix for a new start. She reached for the black Sharpie and pulled off the top, then scribbled Living Room on the last box just as she heard a knock at the door.
“You forget your key?” she called out as she climbed over a box. Myles had said he would be r
