You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.

Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.

He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.

Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves.

She could not trust herself to hope—but without hope, she realized, she had no reason to go on.

This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey?

Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.