She had longed for this day when the nightmare of the last year was finally over and she could breathe freely again. But it wasn’t supposed to be like this. She wasn’t supposed to be fighting back tears. She should be rejoicing that Adam wouldn’t bother her anymore and that she was free to be herself and do whatever she wanted with her life. It was supposed to be a happy ending. Instead, she was sitting on the front steps of her parents’ cabin, chewing on her bottom lip to keep from breaking down again, and nursing the worst pain she’d ever experienced. The memories that were at the moment her only company emphasized how alone she was. The gray sky above her seemed so mournful and empty.
It wasn’t as if she’d never hear from him again. He promised he’d call. And he was Bill’s detective, s
