Chapter 28When Brian paid the check and left Rosie's, it was just after one in the afternoon. As Brian walked out into the sunshine, his stomach was churning, and his emotions were in turmoil. He drove out of the parking lot and down the street to the freeway.
Brian drove for almost an hour, moving from one freeway to another with no destination. His thoughts traveled through snapshots of his years with Barbara—their first kiss, passionate and wonderful, and the first house they bought together, a fixer-upper they couldn't afford. It struck him that more recent memories were fewer and lacked the same passion. He replayed the scene as Barbara walked away from the table at Rosie's and considered that he might never see her again.
On impulse, Brian got off the freeway and found himself in a
