Chapter 9 - The Last Waiting RoomNoah moved into a small apartment just blocks away from Grace and Emily.
Every day, he picked Emily up from school. Every evening, he helped Grace close the store. It wasn't the life he had once imagined, but it was the only one that felt real.
But Grace still kept her distance. She was healing, but the scars were deep.
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"I don't know if I can love you again, Noah," she said one evening as they walked through the park. "The man who left died. Who are you now?"
"I'm the man who is finally learning how to wait," he said.
