“He’s here,” Jamie said, awe in her voice, “because he’s come to collect. You texted him on his birthday and he wanted to see you that weekend.” “He waited until it was time,” Audrey said. “After all these years.” “He wants to go through with it,” Grace said. I managed a bumbly nod. “I mean, yeah, that’s kind of what we’ve been talking about recently.” “How serious is this?” Grace asked. “Are you actually considering it?”

