Chapter 13 - THE WEDDINGClaire and Luca waited three years before marrying.
There was no rush.
Claire wanted to know that she was choosing him—not escaping grief.
Luca wanted to know that he could build a life that would never place Claire or Ethan in danger.
Their wedding was small.
Forty guests.
Margaret cried.
Arthur denied crying.
Ethan carried the rings.
He lost them.
They found them inside his shoe.
Daniel's photograph stood beside a photograph of Claire's mother.
Luca never asked Claire to remove it.
During the ceremony, Claire looked at Daniel's picture.
"I wish you could see him," she whispered.
Then she looked at Ethan.
And at Luca.
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She realized that love had not replaced anyone.
It had expanded.
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Chapter 14 - THE HOUSE BY THE PARKThey moved into a brick house near Lincoln Park.
Chapter 15 - THE WOMAN AT THE DOOROne winter afternoon, a pregnant woman entered the family center.
Chapter 16 - WHAT DANIEL LEFT HERThat night, Claire opened an old box.
Chapter 17 - THE LAST PIECE OF THE PASTArthur's final legal obligations were completed.
Chapter 18 - EVERYONE SAVED EVERYONEFive years after the night Claire opened her door, the family gathered for Christmas.
Chapter 19 - THE DOOR SHE OPENEDLater that night, Claire stood at the kitchen window.
