PAUL I cheated on my fiancée.
Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast, and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else.
My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She’s radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I’m trying to learn how to be a man who does.
If she lets me, I’ll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it’s hardest. If she lets me…
SOPHIE I thought the promise was in sickness and in health. But he buried his fear in someone else.
On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and met the gentle giant owner, who invited me to his book club full of misfits.
I’m laughing again, I’m smiling more than I ever have, and I’m healing my heart. My bookstore owner keeps showing up like it’s as easy as breathing.
I don’t know what the future holds; I don’t know if I’ll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I’m done wasting time on people who love only when it’s easy.
CALLUM She came into Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only. I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship.
Now, this beautiful, brave woman is completely under my skin. I’m not here to win a competition against him. I’m here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love.
