Zoe went to pick up Ella from the hospital.

The chauffeur had just pulled over when someone opened the car door. Zoe was surprised to see who it was.

It was Leslie.

Standing in the snow, he looked disheartened. Zoe didn’t know what to say when she saw Leslie again, so she sat quietly in the car.

In the end, Leslie was the one who spoke first.

“We need to talk, Zoe!”

…

Zoe sat in a coffee shop by the street and looked at the snow piling up outside through the glass, all the while stirring