Rising from the ashes

gh his coat. The skyscrapers around him loomed tall, just as they always had, but for the

e anymore. No conference calls. No mor

his life, Nathan Car

had a m

l actions. You reach out to people you care about. Y

tarting

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adn't seen Emma in weeks. The last time, she had barely spoken to him, her eyes

rply and press

r swung open. Sarah loo

she said c

nly feeling like an awkward teenager.

. "She's in her room. I'll se

k, his pulse quickening. What if Emma didn't wa

led him from his thoughts. Then

ah, with her dark eyes and sharp features, but she had

ly showed u

t a pang i

ly. "And I'll keep showi

m for a long mo

d I didn't see how much that hurt you. But I see it n

n softened, just

ness. Not yet. Bu

r a walk?" Nathan ask

e a small nod. "Yeah. I

gether, Nathan felt the first real s

ep at

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across from Alex again, t

Alex asked, sip

mitted. "She didn't slam the door i

ed. "That'

p. "What about you? You said you lost e

as supposed to be. And I started asking myself who I actually wanted to be. It took a

e life chasing success. And now that it was gone,

t I want to build

chair. "Then maybe it's

ing to be easy. But for the first tim

t was a

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