Summary

In “1,” Emily Owensby started running after her baby, Amy, died. Running fast was the only thing that helped her grief. Her husband, Henry, said it was a fetish. Even though Emily argued with Henry that she was not obsessed with running, running was the only thing she could think about, even as they argued. When Henry accused her of not facing her pain, Emily threw a book at him and then took off running. She rented a room at a hotel that night.

In “2,” Emily called her father to tell him she had left Henry, but did not know if it was permanent or not. He guessed it was because of the baby’s death. She asked his permission to stay at his vacation house in Vermillion Key for a while. She said she needed time on her own to think and...