“Because I—” Autumn was stumped. She tried to figure out why she had quit. Something had happened. What made her do it? Why had she stormed off? Now that she was actually thinking about it, she couldn’t come up with a reason.

Had Steve said something? Well, yeah, he had. But all he’d done was not be surprised and impressed by her writing the last few days. That was all. And why should he be impressed? He thought she was a Writer with a capital W. He thought she wrote all ...