CHAPTER 2

It was an impossible dream, however. She must have hundreds of men chasing after her. Confident, older, successful men. How could he ever hope to compete with that? There was just no point dwelling on it.

Ben headed to the front door with the camera in his hands. He had a smile ready on his face, hoping that he could quickly defuse any potential tenseness between the two of them.

After he'd knocked on the door he waited. Finally, it was opened. The smile froze on his face. It wasn't Phil who answered but Carol.

“Oh! Hello, Ben. What a nice surprise! What can I do for you?”...