The garden looked abandoned. Its green leaves had turned yellow although Dean had finished the irrigation system. He continued to water the plants until his best friend finished the phone application. But the plants needed Allie as much as Dean needed her.
He sat in the balcony, remembering her smile and the time his hands hid under his elbows because she made him nervous. It took him two seconds after meeting her to start dreaming of her. And he hadn't stopped wanting her.
Dean was no stranger to these feelings. Kathy always described her love for his father, and how natural it would be whenever he found the one. She said, “The feeling doesn't go away, even when he doesn't recognize me."
That's why he couldn't wait for Allie to heal. As long as her heart was in pain, he was
