Chapter 90 Bonus Chapter 18: A Witness, Not a Love Story
2015 · Summer
It happened at Mason’s birthday party.
The little boy was ten.
He wore a tiny navy suit, the kind that made adults immediately reach for their phones. His tie sat crooked at his throat, but he stood there with his chest puffed out, solemn and proud. His hair had been combed neatly into...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Last Ride Home
2. Chapter 2 Twenty-Three Years Later
3. Chapter 3 Before She Disappeared
4. Chapter 4 The Stranger Husband
5. Chapter 5 The Second Lock
6. Chapter 6 It Was Never Difficult
7. Chapter 7 Finally, She’s Back
8. Chapter 8 Back to High School Days
9. Chapter 9 The Skateboard Girl Who Broke Into Nathan’s World
10. Chapter 10 Attending the Same High School
11. Chapter 11 “I Told Myself You’d Be Back by Dawn”
12. Chapter 12 A New World in the Shopping Mall
13. Chapter 13 Has Nathan Fallen for Young, Beautiful Women?
14. Chapter 14 Chloe Had No Family Left
15. Chapter 15 Picking Herself Up
16. Chapter 16 An Interview with an Old Friend
17. Chapter 17 Absorbing the Future Like Crazy
18. Chapter 18 "You Were In That Car Too?"
19. Chapter 19 "As Long as They're Alive, We'll Come Back"
20. Chapter 20 “Are You Mr. Archer?”
21. Chapter 21 He Didn't Seem Happy at All
22. Chapter 22 "Don't Love Her, Hate Her!"
23. Chapter 23 The Man She Loved Most
24. Chapter 24 "I'm Afraid I Might Ruin Your Family"
25. Chapter 25 Letting Him Go
26. Chapter 26 The Procrastination Plan
27. Chapter 27 Making Her Confess First
28. Chapter 28 Get Together Right Now!
29. Chapter 29 You Can't Always Pamper Your Girlfriend
30. Chapter 30 Nathan Refuses to Reconcile
31. Chapter 31 "You're the Best, No One Compares to You"
32. Chapter 32 He's Your Brother
33. Chapter 33 Longing to See Mason
34. Chapter 34 Can I Come Home with You?
35. Chapter 35 Am I Not Good Enough?
36. Chapter 36 Aftereffects
37. Chapter 37 Wouldn't It Be Better If Mom Were Dead?
38. Chapter 38 "I'll Worry If I Can't Find You"
39. Chapter 39 Taking Leave to Return to Minnesota
40. Chapter 40 "Anna Is Truly Lost"
41. Chapter 41 Childhood Friend Picks Them Up
42. Chapter 42 She Really Hasn't Changed a Bit
43. Chapter 43 Chloe, Welcome Home!
44. Chapter 44 Visiting Her Parents at the Cemetery
45. Chapter 45 "That's Where We'll Be Buried Together"
46. Chapter 46 The Sugar Maple Tree in My Memory
47. Chapter 47 "I'm Taking You and This Tree Home"
48. Chapter 48 Chloe Takes the Initiative
49. Chapter 49 She Saw Every Twitch
50. Chapter 50 Updating Her WhatsApp Status
51. Chapter 51 Tears and News at the Door
52. Chapter 52 The Interview at the Terminal
53. Chapter 53 Moving in with Nathan
54. Chapter 54 Putting Away Mom's Photo
55. Chapter 55 An Unexpected Gift
56. Chapter 56 I'm Anna, Nathan's Partner
57. Chapter 57 A Conversation Between Two Women
58. Chapter 58 She Was a Good Woman, but I Was the Better One
59. Chapter 59 The Unanswered Number
60. Chapter 60 Chloe and Mason's Negotiation
61. Chapter 61 Joshua's Study Materials
62. Chapter 62 Chloe Picks Up Nathan After Work
63. Chapter 63 Nathan Urges Michael to Let Go of His Resentment
64. Chapter 64 Chloe Wears the Wedding Dress from Twenty-Three Years Ago
65. Chapter 65 His Wait Ends
66. Chapter 66 "Nathan, For the Rest Of My Life, I Want You To Be Happy."
67. Chapter 67 Official Notice from Pine Grove County
68. Chapter 68 "We’ll Never Be Apart!"
69. Chapter 69 Extra Chapter 1: Nathan's Love Until the End of Time
70. Chapter 70 Extra Chapter 2: Twenty-Second Birthday Gift
71. Chapter 71 Extra Chapter 3: The Note Never Sent
72. Chapter 72 Extra Chapter 4: Nathan's Scheme
73. Chapter 73 Bonus Chapter 1: The Call That Stole Forever
74. Chapter 74 Bonus Chapter 2: Not One Person Said Yes
75. Chapter 75 Bonus Chapter 3: The Child Born From a Promise
76. Chapter 76 Bonus Chapter 4: The Words He Never Said
77. Chapter 77 Bonus Chapter 5: A Heart That Refused to Stop
78. Chapter 78 Bonus Chapter 6: The Promise That Broke Him
79. Chapter 79 Bonus Chapter 7: The Last Light He Had Left
80. Chapter 80 Bonus Chapter 8: When Morning Came
81. Chapter 81 Bonus Story Two: The Boy Love Raised
Bonus Chapter 9: The First Lie Nathan Told
82. Chapter 82 Bonus Chapter 10: The Woman in the Red Coat
83. Chapter 83 Bonus Chapter 11: The Photograph He Stole
84. Chapter 84 Bonus Chapter 12: Dinner for Three
85. Chapter 85 Bonus Chapter 13: She’s Right Outside
86. Chapter 86 Bonus Chapter 14: The House That Remembered Them
87. Chapter 87 Bonus Story Three: Dawn, Who Loved Him Too Late
Bonus Chapter 15: The Boy She Couldn’t Look Away From
88. Chapter 88 Bonus Chapter 16: Only One Chloe
89. Chapter 89 Bonus Chapter 17: But She Wanted To
90. Chapter 90 Bonus Chapter 18: A Witness, Not a Love Story
91. Chapter 91 Bonus Story Four: The Birthday Gift at Twenty-Two
Bonus Chapter 19: The Secret He Kept Since Fourteen
92. Chapter 92 Bonus Chapter 20: The Morning He Finally Reached
93. Chapter 93 Bonus Story Five: Brandon, the Silent Guardian
Bonus Chapter 21: The Father Who Said Almost Nothing
94. Chapter 94 Bonus Chapter 22: The Girl Worth Fighting For
95. Chapter 95 Bonus Chapter 23: Whatever It Costs, Save My Son
96. Chapter 96 Bonus Chapter 24: The Hand He Finally Held
97. Chapter 97 Bonus Story Six: Nathan’s Laboratory
Bonus Chapter 25: The Disease He Couldn’t Forget
98. Chapter 98 Bonus Chapter 26: The Lab Where She Stayed Beside Him
99. Chapter 99 Bonus Chapter 27: The People Who Stayed
100. Chapter 100 Bonus Chapter 28: Tell Her for Me
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