Epilogue
Harper
My feet struck the pavement underneath in a rapid, even rhythm. My breath came in steady gusts, and I gloried in the subtle euphoria coursing through me. I loved running outside just when dawn was breaking, and I’d had the gift of it back for over a year now. Alex ran at my side. We rarely spoke when we ran. We’d gone from months of easy jogs to using our morning runs for training. As an elite pro soccer player, he stayed in peak condition, so these times with me were just more of the same. For me though, I was training for my first marathon since college, and I couldn’t wait.
Stanley flanked me on the other side, easily keeping pace with us. As we rounded the corner on the path where the trees thinned and a view of Puget Sound opened up, we slowed to a walk. I cau
