At First Sight

by Nicholas Sparks

He could no more erase that chapter of his life than he could change his birthday.

While there were times when he wished he could roll back the clock and erase all the sadness, he had a hunch that if he did so, the joy would be diminished as well.

To a young child, the lights were miraculous, heavenly, and Lexie instantly recognized them as the ghosts of her parents.

None of which had bothered Alvin; it was the live-in boyfriend that she’d neglected to tell him about that finally doomed their relationship.

For the first time in what seemed like forever, he was choosing the pace of his life rather than having his life choose the pace.

Lexie had a way of making everyone she spent time with feel as if they were the center of the world, and though that included Rodney, it didn’t mean she was in love with him.