Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Paradise Lost

The Stranger

A Trip with Lolita

The Best Laid Plans

Pathetic or Rather Beautiful

Ricardo: Not Selfish

A Chink in Destiny

One At a Time

Jenny: Catch Me When I Fall

Top Of The World

Sugary Tea

What Other People See

Sliding

Ricardo: A Potentially Bad Move

Jenny: Quite Big

Under the Circumstances

In a Sombre Landscape

One Slap Too Many

Ricardo: Speechless

Will It Be Fine?

Just Statistics

Jenny: No Guilt

Lack Of Expectation

Headache Doesn’t Cover It

Shooting the Messenger

Quarterly Plans

Ricardo: Complications

Family Man

Jenny: Parental Instinct

Symbol Of Love

Florent Nightingay

Wednesday Child

Adulthood

Three To Six

Something Good

Jenny: Safe Haven

An Agreed Narrative

Fast-Moving-Moods

Snapshot

Ricardo: Ghosts In The Corner

Kiss Of Death

Sticking Around

Post Holiday Blues

Pancake Therapy

Whitehawk Argy Bargy

A Bill Clinton Moment

Jenny: Pushing and Pulling

The Case Of The Missing Daughter

Grumpy

Ricardo: Fading Options

Star Signs

Making Love

The End Of The Line

Cornered

Drama Day

Ricardo: Guardian Angel

The Day After

Jenny: When Doubts Vanish

Surprise Delivery

The Luckiest Guy Alive

Your Time Will Come

Getaway Plan

A Different Kind of Gay

An Ill Wind

Rewriting History

Feline Phantoms

Ricardo: One Grief To Replace Another

Christmas Miracles

Jenny: Secret Charades

Post Christmas Comedown

Levels of Intensity

A Good Lawyer

A Different Set of Rooms

The Big Picture

Dead Or Alive Or …

Nosolagnia

Jenny: Wanting and Waiting

Post Script: The Pink Letter

Epilogue