Making my way back to Allegra’s, I kept thinking over the conversation with James. The last time I cried as much as I was right now was when my mother died, and I thought that was going to be the most painful thing I would ever experience.

Now, I wasn’t sure that was the case.

I had left James’ office under the notion we couldn’t ever be together. He made it clear he wanted to wait until Tally was okay with everything. However, that wasn’t going to work ...