Summary

In Chapter 19, Ana is at Christian's apartment with his parents, siblings, Kate, Ethan, and Jose. There are news reports about Christian's disappearance. Christian walks in the door, dirty and hungry but unhurt. He says the helicopter lost both engines and communications, but he was able to land without crashing. He and one of his employees, Ros, walked for hours to find a road and caught a ride. Batteries in both their cell phones died during the hours of walking. Everyone soon leaves except Jose, who goes to the guest room to sleep. Christian asks Ana to shower with him. He still has the small box that Ana gave him with instructions that he could not open it until his birthday. It is after midnight, meaning it is his birthday, and she tells him to open it. Inside the box is a plastic key-ring...