Everything felt empty in his absence, but who was she to complain? Taylor threw herself into work with relentless energy, hoping it would keep her from thinking about Liam, but he was all she could see and feel. The loneliness in the house became overwhelming, and she eventually stopped going home. It had been only five days, but it felt like an eternity. When Aunty Maeve’s birthday party arrived, Taylor felt excited for one reason and one reason only: she would finally have the chance to see him again and perhaps mend their strained relationship. At first, when she envisioned their reunion, she had countless questions and theories about what had happened and why things had unfolded the way they did. She wanted to tell him that Jennie Hellman was a crook and he needed to stop falling for

