Summary

Luke McGavock awakens the morning after the charity gala thinking about Corrine. He ruminates on the direction his life has taken because of their relationship years prior. Along with having “taken himself to the other side of the world in no small part to get away from her” he married a South African woman nearly 20 years his junior who he later realized greatly resembles Corrine.

After sending off his wife to the airport for her return trip to their estate in South Africa, he texts Corrine to arrange a meeting. She agrees to have coffee with him at a cafe in Little Italy that they went to during their earlier affair. At the cafe they talk about the feelings they shared for each other years ago, the car accident that nearly killed Luke, and Corrine’s charitable organization.

When Corrine has to leave...