Maybe if I make Alex pancakes every morning for a year, I might begin to pay him for what he's done.

I tried to tell myself I could survive my breakup in Haverton, but sometimes life has a way of beating you over the head with the truth when you're being too stubborn to see it yourself. Alex offered me an escape - and the moment I made the commitment to go, I realized just how perfect that escape would be.

I'd be escaping the rumors and busybodies, of course, as ...