Chapter 24: Oxford The email came on a Tuesday morning in July, and Amara read it twice before she called […]

Chapter 23: Worth the wait Two months. Two months of dinners and museums and Sunday cooking and evenings tangled together

Chapter 22: The vetting Theo had been evaluated by many formidable people over the course of his career. Thesis committees,

Chapter 21: Secret They were careful. Not because they were ashamed — neither of them had the architecture for shame

Chapter 20: Court you His apartment was nothing like she had imagined. She had not imagined it, of course —

Chapter 19: Finally The final exam was scheduled from nine to noon. Amara arrived at the exam hall at eight-forty

Chapter 18: Monica He heard her voice before he saw her. He was walking back from the faculty meeting across

Chapter 17: The draft She came back from spring break on a Sunday evening, dropped her bag in her apartment,

Chapter 16: Spring break He had not realized how much of his daily life she occupied until she wasn’t in

Chapter 15: The problem is me The week after the investigation closed was a strange one. Amara sat in it