Summary

In Chapter 18, on the same day that Lily meets Ryle’s parents, Ryle overhears Allysa and Lily talking about Lily and Ryle getting married. He tells Lily that he is off for the weekend and that he wants to get married.

In Chapter 19, six weeks later, Ryle arrives home and makes love to Lily as she is lying on the couch. Later that evening, as they are preparing to have dinner with Allysa and Marshall, Lily hears a crash.

Lily finds Ryle holding her cell phone and a piece of paper. He tells her that he dropped her phone unintentionally and the cover popped off. He called the number and discovered it belonged to Atlas. Lily follows Ryle when he walks out the door. As he is going down the stairs, she pushes herself in front of him and asks him to...