Cole’s POV

I lost track of time in a way I honestly hadn’t expected, considering how I had gone into town with a simple plan to get Lena something small for our meeting later at her house. Something thoughtful. Something that said I noticed the turbulent waves in her life without screaming that I cared too much to have noticed in the first place.

But the moment I stepped into the first store, nothing about the plan seemed simple anymore. The items on display weren’t anything I had ...