CHAPTER 23
JACOB
Sophie.
Her name might be the last thought I have. And still she's all I can think about it.
I think about how I let her go tonight. How when I should have been protecting her, I let her go.
Like I let my ex-wife Jessica go.
Only this time, it wasn't because I was too cowardly to admit the truth. We both knew the truth.
It was because I was too cowardly to let her stay.
Because I was too cowardly to admit that this was all so much more than what I was used to. I wasn't just confused anymore. I wasn't just off-balance or grappling for control.
I was in too deep. Way too deep.
I've never been in love before. Not like this. I've never felt so much...connection...so much certainty that I was right where I was supposed to be.
I told her that I loved her. And now I mi
