Chapter 26: Stay Tomorrow

Margot walks home holding the hand of a man who unpacked his duffel bag this morning for the first time in years. They talk before anything else — the avoided phone call, a Portland job offer, a six-year matchmaking operation neither of them knew they were inside. The cohabitation contract gets filed. The recovery binder closes. He asks her to stay forever and she says she can't, so he asks for tomorrow, and tomorrow is a unit she knows how to work with.Close Enough — Book 1 of The Dolores Effect, by Elena Cross.New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Follow The Dolores Effect on Spotify.