A few days later, after Sara received her new document, Derek informed her that Marcus’ background check had come back and there was no evidence to suggest he had anything to do with Tom Hawkins.
Sara received the news while she was at work, and she felt relieved. Not because she had longed to see him, but more because she wanted to make sure she hadn’t let herself be naïve, nearly jeopardizing the new life she was trying to build. Marcus had continued to send Sara messages over the past month since their date, and Sara never completely stopped returning his messages. She was able to make up excuse after excuse about why she wasn’t immediately available, unable to pick a date to see him and so on. He had never lost hope, and his persistence was on point. She tried to keep her messages t
