Chapter 26
Snowflakes brushed against her nose as she walked to her office on her first day back to work. Her apartment was now clean as a whistle as sleeping wasn’t possible for her. Now it was time to go, but everything about her life felt empty.
In Miami, the sunshine had been warm and inviting. She closed her eyes and imagined Peter again.
Someone threw snow at her feet, and she opened her eyes to see the city cleaners hard at work trying to keep the roads clear. She hugged herself. This was hard.
She threw the door to work open, and no one greeted her. She proceeded to the elevator and hit the button to her office floor.
The secretary at the front desk nodded, but she spoke to someone on the phone.
Belle went to her office and saw the huge bouquet of flowers. She grabbed the car
