When Emi's husband forgets his phone one morning, it only takes a few messages for everything to fall apart. She returns the phone in the middle of a board meeting and walks away from the life that she thought was happy and secure. But after the fallout comes reality. The money isn't there. The stability wasn't real. And starting over with two kids in her mother's one-bedroom apartment is a lot harder than leaving was. As Emi rebuilds from nothing, turning a quiet passion for ikebana into something more, she begins to understand that just like the flowers, she needs space, support, and patience to come into her own. Her husband thinks she'll come back because there's no way she can do it all alone. But, he's wrong, about more than one thing.

A Sneakers, Cocktails, and Friends Spin-Off Drew doesn't do complicated. He flies, he leaves, he doesn't look back. Then he meets Mateo-once in an airport, then again, and again-and nothing about it feels the way it's supposed to. It's not fast. It's not easy. And for the first time, Drew doesn't want it to be. Because somewhere between departures and delayed flights, he realizes-he doesn't want to keep visiting. He wants to come home.

This story contains major spoilers for Sneakers, Cocktails, and Friends - read that first. (It also likely won't make sense if you don't. Edward Colin Keane came back to North Ridge to build a life that asked nothing from him. Work. Routine. Distance. Always distance. It was enough. Until a storm, a stubborn friend, and a community that refuses to stay on the sidelines force him to confront something he's spent years avoiding: You can't rebuild everything around you without eventually facing what's broken inside. This one is quieter. Heavier. But will complete Eddie (Colin)'s journey.

Sam thought her honeymoon would be the adventure of a lifetime, a romantic time to relax and bond with her husband. But his behavior seemed to change the moment the wedding day was over. The next eleven days were an adventure all right, just not the one she'd dreamed of.

Lina and her husband Mark are stunned when she gives birth months early while visiting her parents, and she's forced to stay behind with her fragile newborn while he returns home to work. It appears that they've made the best of a terrible situation, but when she and the baby can finally return home, everything feels wrong. Her job has shifted out from under her, parenting turns her marriage inside out, and her gifted parrot has learned some mimics that she can't make heads of tails of. As Lina struggles to navigate the complexities of being a mother outside the NICU, she begins to suspect that while she was absent someone stepped into the space that was supposed to be hers alone. She tackles the mystery one step at a time while trying to focus on her baby's changing needs with the help of a calm and helpful mentor the hospital assigned to them. One by one, the things people tell her and her parrot's insistent voice fill her life with doubt, until the only voice that still feels real is hundreds of miles away.

Willa is a fighter and a writer and has always thrived despite the restrictions of her life-threatening allergies. Suddenly suffering an almost fatal reaction the day her service dog has a scheduled procedure seems like a terrible coincidence until she looks more closely at what is going on inside, and outside, the home she shares with her devoted husband. Are her suspicions founded in reality or fear? Does her husband, a doctor at the hospital where she is treated, know more than he lets on? Or is he actually part of the problem? Maybe, it's all in her head like he says.

A short story spinoff from The Air Up Here, the family learns during Liam's retelling of his friends' love story that Finn and Oliver might have a story too. Finn left home behind to finally focus on himself because everyone has found their person except for him. Clarity and happiness come as he openly accepts himself for who he is. He has no idea just how much someone noticed when he does the right thing in a tough situation, and before he knows it his someone just might be chasing him down, unwilling to let Finn's self doubt stand in their way.

A short story spinoff from The Air Up Here, as told by Liam, and "corrected" by the couple as he remembers their story a little differently than they do. Rick hires a new head chef sight unseen (but food tasted). Once they meet and realize they'd already "met" before, can they handle it? And will asking his newly widowed best friend for help make things worse or help bring them together?

Emmalyn's years of stoic hard work were finally paying off. She had a good job and was about to be engaged to an amazing man. The fairy tale life she had dreamed of since she was a girl was finally coming true. As facades crumble, what will be left standing? Everyone tells her she had better learn real life isn't a fairy tale. But is there anything that can stop her from believing? And is a life without dreams worth anything at all?

The job offer of her dreams made Saoirse's heart soar, and her kids were thrilled at the chance to move closer to the mountains to ski. She thought her husband would be excited by the chance to leave the job he hated and stayed at only for the money. Instead he exploded in anger. Convinced by her kids to find out what was going on with their dad, the three tail him and end up discovering what will tear their family apart. But the mountains are calling their names, and the air up there might even make life seem, well, more alive. Saoirse tries to believe forgiveness is the best form of revenge, but a little payback can't hurt, right?