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  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. CHAPTER ONE PALMER
  6. CHAPTER TWO PALMER
  7. CHAPTER THREE COLE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR PALMER
  9. CHAPTER FIVE PALMER
  10. CHAPTER SIX PALMER
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN COLE
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT PALMER
  13. CHAPTER NINE PALMER
  14. CHAPTER TEN PALMER
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN COLE
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE PALMER
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN PALMER
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN COLE
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN COLE
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN PALMER
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN COLE
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN PALMER
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN PALMER
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY COLE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE PALMER
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PALMER
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE PALMER
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR COLE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE PALMER
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX COLE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN PALMER
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT PALMER
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE COLE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY PALMER
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE PALMER
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO COLE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE PALMER
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR COLE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE PALMER
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX COLE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN PALMER
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT COLE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE PALMER
  44. CHAPTER FORTY COLE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE PALMER
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO COLE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE PALMER
  48. EPILOGUE PALMER
  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“I’m going to get going,” he says, then picks up a briefcase off the floor and heads to the door. “I’ve already let Burt know that you’re in charge while I’m gone. If I can’t be reached, decisions are made by you. And if you’re not sure what to do . . . do your best.”

“I won’t let you down. I promise,” I say, hoping I can deliver on that. “Please, just go take care of Charlotte and tell her I love her. I’ll organize a meal train, so please don’t worry about food. And if there’s anything else—call me. Okay?”

He stops in the doorway. “Thank you, Palmer. For everything.”

“Of course,” I say as he walks out.

The door slams shut behind him. I fall back into my chair, and when I’m absolutely certain he’s gone, when I see his car pull down the driveway, I sob.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO COLE

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

COLE

I sip my coffee and look down at the list I’ve been working on all morning. There are lines and arrows coming off each bullet point in every direction. The staggering amount of work that needs to be done to pull off a relocation is insane.

  1. Decide what to do with my house in California
  2. Get cars here
  3. Have convo with Scott
  4. Find a place to live here
  5. Talk to Miigi

I relax into the chair at Mom’s kitchen table, thankful that she and Dad went to Fletcher’s for breakfast. The quiet and solitude are just what I need.

There are still so many things up in the air—from actually solidifying things with Palmer to tying up loose ends in my past so I can move on. To here. To her.

She’s the only thing that’s felt right since my retirement. No, since before that.

I work my shoulder around and straighten my legs. They’re unusually stiff this morning. I’m picking up my phone to check my emails when it rings.

“Hey, Fish,” I say, happy to hear from him.

“What’s up?”

“Ah, nothing much. What about you?”

“Same thing, day after day. Actually, not really. I have news.”

I sit up and lean against the table. “Do tell.”

“Well, hold on to your hat, my man, because this one is gonna blow you away.”

I laugh and remember the last time Fish had news. It must’ve been three or four years ago, back in his wild days before Nicole came into the picture. He’d been photographed in Mexico butt naked with three women on a boat.

“Hat is held,” I say. “Give it to me.”

“Well, I’m going to be a dad. Nicole broke the news to me when I got back to town.”

My eyes nearly bulge out of my head. “What did you say?”

“Yeah, man. I know.”