Chapter 2Emmett James stood in front of the assembled parents, radiating confidence and enthusiasm. I couldn’t stop staring. I felt like I should have known that my high school classmate was now the music teacher at Landry’s Fall Primary. But somehow it had escaped my notice, and now I sat transfixed by his beauty and his passion.
I hadn’t seen him in years. Not since we’d graduated sixteen years ago. We hadn’t ever been close, but our circles had intersected to some degree. I went away to college, met Michelle, fell in love, married, and settled down. When I moved back after her death to be closer to my parents, it hadn’t even occurred to me that any of my old friends would still be in town. Over the years, I’d met up with a few, like Tru Rackley, who had his own dog services business, a
