The Seventh Chance

to the hospital to

items, including their shared household goo

me everything, a fleeting

aved her the trouble

and left the villa where they had lived tog

elor party their mutual fri

hance to tell everyone about thei

ends greeted her warmly. "Mira, wher

aint smile.

oser and lowered his voice. "What hap

almly. "It's not a fi

, and the others nearb

e Crestwood's le

guy, but with you, he a

own a Clinford offer

e'd plan a month ahe

it, I'm done be

unt their past, Mira fel

n couple, destined to be to

eved it too,

e forgave him t

ured never vanished. T

collapsed

reality and said s

he room swung

t appe

e him but froze when the

them briefly bef

t tightened at

took Ella's hand and

e turned pain

mly sipping a drink, then at Vincent, w

you two fighting or actually br

e chugged a beer. "We're get

Mira. You've come so far from campus to marriage. It's not easy.

he gets mad at me for no reason, and I'm always the one beg

and muttered, "Fight or not, this part

d he snapped irritably, "She insis

nd said

roup's efforts li

aying spin the bottl

spin stopp

y in the room. If she failed, she

ng eyes and said slowly, "Vincent