The reality of her situation felt as if it was falling on her like an avalanche. Jamie patted her hand. “You need to make a choice. You need to figure out the best thing for yourself… you know, your best option, and go for it.”

Eva ran through every single scenario that she could think of, and her mind could only come to one solution. She looked at Jamie with deep sadness. “There’s only one thing. There’s only one place to go from here.”

“Where’s that?” Jamie asked, looking as if she wasn’t really certain that she wanted to know.

“I go back to Ryan. I leave here. I can’t...