my possession, buzzed relentlessly on

e hell w

u staged this to ma

real. You can't be m

, letting each one go to voicemail. An

m," I sa

rew calmly picked it up

he said, his voice polite but firm. "She's a

silence on the other end, then

abrielle on the phone. This

nt, "it has everything to do with me now. We're married.

an could respond and

at me. "Ar

lief so powerful it almost mad

idea, born from a moment o

I wasn't trying to eavesdrop; I was just there to pick up a cat

tly he was talking about me. "I bet you a hundred bucks I cou

d laughed and

he years of pining, of letting him use my feelings as

d, not for him, but for myself.

ound Andrew. Or r

y. He also knew I' d be at Zilker Park for the

gesture. Not for me. For his new girlfriend, a f

down from a low-flying helicopter he' d hired. Everyone was cheering. And I was just sta

started walking. I didn't know where

nty Clerk's office, just staring into spa

a man sat do

e Johns?"

was Andrew Lester. I had