Sophie Delaney was just minding her own business seeing in the new year from the peacefulness of her own home. Until one wrong number call changed that.
Daniel Whitaker is furious. Beyond furious. How dare his girlfriend cheat on him, and with his own brother nonetheless. That bitch. Cue lots of drinking, a drunken call and a huge misunderstanding that would change it all.
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Written as telephone calls between Sophie Delaney and Daniel Whitaker.
Sophie is the normal print.
Daniel is the bold print.
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Aim? 365 days worth of conversations between one woman and one man.
Enjoy the ride.
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2018 Winner | The Fiction Award | Short Story
Some love stories are quiet. Some are loud. Theirs is both.
Lilian Zoey Winslow has spent the past year surviving, not living. An ambitious architect with a bright future, she now drifts through life, weighed down by the loss of her fiancé. Grief has made her world small, and she's perfectly fine with that until he barges in.
Nathaniel Ezra Calloway is reckless with charm and effortless with people. A numbers guy with a big heart, he sees the world in motion, always chasing the next thrill. But when he meets Lilian-cold, distant, untouchable-he can't look away. And despite every sign telling him to leave her alone, he doesn't.
Thrown together by fate, tangled in unspoken words and unexpected moments, Lilian and Ezra's lives collide in ways neither of them expect. She's a woman frozen in time. He's a man who never stops moving. And yet, somehow, they keep crossing paths.
She doesn't believe in second chances.
He refuses to give up on her.
And maybe-just maybe-love isn't about moving on. Maybe it's about finding someone willing to stand still with you.