He pulls his hands from his pockets and stands there staring at me with his hands flexed open like some kind of psychopath about to pounce on me and wring my neck. He stares at me with an unblinking gaze, his expression grim.Īs if he heard his name in my mind, he straightens. The hood of the raincoat is pulled over his head, but even in the shadows I can see the glint of his dark eyes. His hands are shoved deep into the pockets of his black raincoat. A big man with wide shoulders and long legs. I’m momentarily blinded by the lights, but when my eyes adjust, I see a figure in the shadows leaning against one side of the columns that support the patio. I swing around and look back toward the house. From one heartbeat to the next, I realize I’m not alone. Why did you leave me?”Ī tingle like a mild electric shock zings up my spine. How long will it be until I can no longer remember the sound of his voice? How many years does it take to forget the love of your life? Will I wake up one day and the memory of his kiss have vanished, trampled to dust by the relentless forward march of time?
The last thing he said to me before he died. Then I hear the words that haunt me the most, the thing Cass used to whisper into my ear every night before we fell asleep in each other’s arms. I hear muffled laughter and music from inside, the sound of voices floating to me on the night air. I open my mouth to catch a few cool, sweet drops on my tongue. I go about ten yards out, past the reach of the lights, then stop, close my eyes, and lift my face to the rain. It’s springy beneath my feet, pleasant to walk on. I cross the patio and step out on to the grass. Is a second chance at a once-in-a-lifetime love possible, or is a broken heart the cruelest kind of liar?Īfter the warmth of the house, the rain beckons to me. When she discovers the reason for his silence, his nightmares, and especially his pointed dislike, Megan becomes convinced of something far more astonishing.
But as their paths cross again and again, Megan becomes convinced there’s more to Theo than meets the eye. Withdrawn, guarded, and mysteriously silent since a terrible accident left him scarred, Theo takes an instant and inexplicable dislike to Megan.
Her first night there, she meets the town recluse, Theo. Still grieving her soul mate five years later, Megan moves to the small town of Seaside, Oregon, hoping to rebuild her life. Soon after they were married, Cass’s life was tragically cut short. Megan and Cassidy were childhood sweethearts who thought they’d be together forever, but fate had other plans. “How can you remember someone you’ve never met?” A hauntingly powerful love story in the tradition of The Notebook and The Time Traveler’s Wife.
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