back to her office. No matter how hard she tried, S

ore detached

he choir had won a national competition. The celebr

had always been pop music rather than classical pieces. As the competiti

first award

up with unusual care and gone to the club full of anticipation, only to stop shor

ght for Shane was lyin

even get the money to buy you a violi

crazy. Shane, after all that effort,

ey, but she's still fat. How desperate w

ractive face. There's no way she'd ev

oice joined th

ver forget thos

h a scoff. "I have plenty at home that cost way more tha

second later, there was

. "I'm sorry, Shane. I didn't mean to. What

's fine. It's not like Averie gave it to Shane a

doorway, her chest constricting

omething. But he didn't. He simply continued sin

olin was tossed into a corn

ent medical family, raised in com

ackground, but she had never once thou

y she earned herself, playing the violi

r song and had saved every cent

been discarded as if it we

d out of her memories. Only then did she

office to finish up her work, and then headed home to the old

allen ill. Since there was no one else available to care for her, Leanna

as to end up dealing with

into her neighbor, Evan Clayton, who looked lik

warm smile and an easygoing, approachable demeanor.

ny clinics around here?" Leanna ask

cern flashing across his fa

son, and I just want to be prepared a

etime. It's nearby," Evan said,

d to go together the follo

honda leaned toward the doorway and craned her ne

nt was just on

downstairs," Leanna re

ou know him well enough. You haven't dated anyone since high school, and you

"Grandma, Evan is a l

signs of dementia, yet when it came to urging Leanna to

ld things today and found this jar filled with stones," she said. "Honestl

t it, and the cup in he

her grandfather; it was th