Summary

Chapter 19 opens as Catherine wakes up from a long night's sleep, one of the first good sleeps she has had in weeks. Catherine decides to work from home and calls the office to let them know. Robert had left hours ago needing to be at work early. Catherine and Robert connected the previous night over conversation for the first time since the beginning of the ordeal with the book.

The narration relates the story of how Robert and Catherine first met: he was a lawyer and she was working her first job at a newspaper. Catherine was 22 and Robert was 33. Catherine was attracted to Robert's confidence and openness. He aspired to be a member of parliament, a dream he still harbors to this day. It has been a week since Catherine posted the review to The Perfect Stranger website. She feels good about...