“I will as long as I’m not communicable.”

“Sounds good. Hope to see you.”

“Syd… I just want to say… You and the others have been such a godsend to me. You have no idea.”

“Oh, honey, yes, I do. The people here saved my life in every way that matters, and we love having you as part of our group.”

“Thank you. I hope to see you later.”

“We’ll be here.”

Jenny ended the call and turned on her side, snuggling into her pillow, counting her many blessings. Before she’d come to Gansett, she’d been floundering at home in North Carolina, working for a PR firm and surrounded by well-meaning people who watched her all the time for cracks in the armor.

Here, no one had known her before the great tragedy. No one had known Toby. No one had known them together. Though her friends on Gansett knew what had happened, her tragedy didn’t define her relationships here the way it had at home.

She could breathe here, and at some point during her time at the lighthouse, she’d finally healed. The night she’d spent with Alex had shown her she was still capable of emotions she’d thought buried forever. Part of her heart would always be broken over the loss of such a wonderful, beautiful man in the prime of his life. But her life wasn’t over, and her time with Alex had reawakened her desire and her passion and her hope for a second chance. Whether her second chance would be with him or not was yet to be seen, but he’d shown her it was possible to find that connection again.

And she couldn’t wait to see him.

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

At times, Maddie McCarthy hated living on an island where she couldn’t get exactly what she wanted when she wanted it. Both the pharmacy and grocery store had been completely sold out of pregnancy tests, so she’d had no choice but to make an appointment with the island’s midwife, Victoria Stevens, to figure out whether or not she was pregnant.

Annoying, right?

If she lived anywhere else, she’d already know by now. But if she lived anywhere else, she wouldn’t have met Mac and found the perfect life with the perfect man. Well, he was mostly perfect. He’d been driving her nuts for two days as they waited for her appointment time to arrive.

She’d flat-out refused to allow him to accompany her to the appointment, which had sparked a rather intense argument that she had won. If she was pregnant, he’d get to attend enough of the appointments. She was doing this one on her own. And Victoria was running late, which was only adding to Maddie’s annoyance.