Summary

Chapter 1 opens in New York City. Lowen Ashleigh is a 31-year-old woman living in the city. She is waiting to cross the street one day when she witnesses a man (whop she does not know) get hit by a truck and killed. Some of the man’s blood splatters onto her clothes. A different man (whom she also does not know) brings her to a bathroom in a nearby coffee shop so she can clean herself off. The man introduces himself as Jeremy. He appears to be in his thirties, and Lowen finds him very attractive. They converse briefly. Lowen’s mother recently died of cancer. Jeremy had two young daughters who died in separate incidents. Jeremy is wearing a wedding ring.

In Chapter 2, Lowen leaves the bathroom to go to her scheduled meeting. Her literary agent is a man named Corey. They...