Chloe parked her borrowed car in front of Roxanne’s store. Her heart was brimming. She was so excited to have made the decision to stay in Catamount that she was silly with joy. There was, of course, the thrill in her heart and body whenever she thought of Dane, but it ran deeper than that. When she’d started on her hike so many months ago in late spring in the already sweltering heat of Georgia, it had felt like stepping off a cliff. For her, it was in so many ways. Every decision in her life up to that point hadn’t required much thought. She simply did what she thought she was supposed to do—get good grades, go to a good college, get a business degree, fall in love with a nice young man, get engaged and eventually get married. She’d made it through every phase but the getting married par
