(Complete) New Year's Day is a time for resolutions. Jack Harris, still mourning the tragic death of his wife, vows to start living again. Maddie Evans dumps her boyfriend and vows no more meaningless sex.
Jack moves to The Point to live in his pa...
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Living with her parents at thirty-seven was hard - truthfully it was embarrassing. If it wasn't for her desire to live on The Point, she would have moved into her own place years ago. Her parents liked having her watch over the house while they were enjoying the sunshine all winter.
She had words with her mother over the Steve fiasco. Reluctantly, Judy Evans agreed to let it go. Her mother moved her energy to Lynn and her romance with Billy. Maddie had kept up with Lynn, but once the excitement of the early romance died down, she found herself envious. She wasn't jealous of Billy but of their relationship. Maddie knew what she wanted was a fantasy.
She was at her friend Laura's filling her in on the dinner with Steve. "I could tell he was jealous of Jack."
"Why? You are just friends."
"But Steve assumed it was more," Maddie wished there was more between them.
"Oh, my God! You like him, don't you?"
Maddie tried to deny it, but Laura wasn't buying it. Finally, she said, "Alright, but it doesn't matter. He hasn't moved on and when he does it won't be for me."
"Why not? You look great!"
"Jack could attract any woman he wanted."
"I want to meet this guy!"
"You will when you come to the beach this summer." Maddie assured her.
By mid-June, the weather was unseasonably warm and Maddie had plans to see her friend, Austin. He was a librarian at the elementary school in town and worked closely with Maddie on joint projects. He was younger, just thirty, but a nice-looking guy. They walked down to the Beach House, the restaurant and bar right on the beach. Megan and Peter were with Alex and Jen celebrating the start of Megan's summer vacation. Maddie greeted them, and Megan spoke to Austin. He worked at the twins' school. He commented he could always tell when kids were influenced by Maddie to love books. Maddie blushed, because she was not a fan of attention or praise.
She and Megan spoke briefly about how Rory was flourishing. Maddie hadn't heard of Rory having a tough time since her birthday which pleased her. She told Austin about her young friend.
"She's lucky to have you."
In the morning, she had to knock on Jack's door for their run. He was always waiting for her. Jack was in a bad mood and she didn't know why.
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