“I’m not spending another moment of my life away from you, Darby. We lost ten years, and I won’t question the universe for that. Not anymore. I accept it for what it is, for whatever lessons we needed to learn or experiences we needed to have, whatever free-willed decisions we made that caused that. I won’t waste my time wondering that anymore, but I also won’t waste another night apart from you. You’re it for me. I’ve known that since I was seventeen years old. I bought this house for us. “For you to plant a garden in. For us to build a path down to our beach with, so you can watch me surf,
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