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was left to me. I have to clean it out, put it on the market . . .”
    “I figured that he would have left it to one of his buddies or something.”
    “He probably would have if he’d thought to say so. I guess he didn’t plan on dying yet.” She didn’t want to talk about Emmett anymore. “How are your parents?” Guilt prickled at the thought of them.
    A deep bark sounded across the lawn, and Landon turned toward it. “That’s my dog, Max. He’s wondering where I am.”
    He looked at her again and picked up the conversation. “My dad is fine. He’s living in New Jersey near his brother. I’m afraid my mom passed away two years after you left.”
    The loss must have hit Landon and his dad hard. “I’m sorry.”
    He nodded. “Dad didn’t want to stay on the island, so I bought their place. We’re living there now.”
    Sam’s ears hung on we’re . Of course he was married. Probably had the appointed 2.5 children. And the dog, of course.
    Sam didn’t know why she begrudged him that. No one deserved happiness more than Landon; she was convinced there was not a better man alive. It wasn’t like she regretted her singleness. She’d had opportunities to marry, but she knew the grass wasn’t greener on the other side.
    Having Landon and his brood living two doors down depressed her. He’d been the only light of her childhood, and even that was being snuffed out.
    “Why don’t you come over to the house? We can catch up.”
    She’d have to meet his family sooner or later, but she wasn’t willing tonight.
    Caden came tearing around the corner of the house. “Mom, when’s dinner?” She stopped when she saw Landon, looking back and forth between them.
    Sam swallowed. “Caden, I’d like you to meet Landon Reed.” She forced her eyes to her old friend, but it was too dark to read his expression. “This is my daughter, Caden.”
    Caden smiled. “Hi.” Sam was glad Caden didn’t add that Sam had told her nearly everything there was to know about him. Except that Landon had loved her. She’d never told Caden that.
    “Nice to meet you.”
    Sam wondered what he was thinking. Caden was small for her age, and he might think she was nine or ten. The thought relieved her.
    “I’m getting hungry.” Even in the dimness, Sam could see the streaks of dirt on her daughter’s legs and the wet strands of hair alongside her face.
    “Shower first, okay? I’ll have something ready when you’re done.”
    “All right.” She left as quickly as she’d appeared, leaving an awkward silence in her wake.
    “I should go in too. It’s getting late.” A mosquito landed on the back of her arm, and she smacked at it.
    Landon took a step backward. “Sure.” He kicked at the grass. “I guess I’ll be seeing you around.”
    “Yep.” She gathered the weeds she’d dropped.
    “Good night.” He backed away.
    “’Night.”
    When he left, Sam let out her breath, and her body sagged onto the stoop. Landon Reed. She could hardly believe he’d been standing in front of her just a moment ago. When she’d left the island, she thought she’d never see him again. That was the plan, really, and yet here she was, back in Nantucket. Two doors down from him, just like old times, before everything became so confusing. Before that last summer.
    Sam had been eighteen, and the last days of summer bore down on her with the speed of a monsoon. Landon took her out on his dad’s boat for the day, but by evening an unsettling quiet fell over them.
    She reeled in her fishing line and secured the hook on one of the pole’s rings. Landon stared out to sea, his gaze cast in the direction of the mainland. Three more days. Her heart did that funny flop that happened every time she thought about his leaving. She set her pole on the floor of the boat and leaned back against the rail, closing her eyes. The boat rocked gently beneath her.
    “I’ll be back for Thanksgiving break. It won’t be that long.”
    She’d seen him nearly every