Chapter 26Andy blew out a breath, shoved his hands in his pockets and felt his shoulders sag as he turned and headed back to the store. He said the words: actually he blurted them out. Why? Did he really mean them? He thought about that as he went and as he did so, the memory of the hike to Morgan Lake with Janet flashed before him, giving him a glimpse of how things could be if only…what? Get over it, he reprimanded himself as he walked with his head down, ignoring the sounds of the busy city street.
At length, he came to McNamara's. Stopping, he peered up at the canopy with his name scrolled across it in big block letters, wistful of the plans and dreams he'd made. They were being washed away now in the foaming tide of an impermanent life and taken back out to sea. He glanced at the fro
