Back at the hotel, Gage was hating who he was even more. He went into the dark hotel room feeling emptier than the weeks after he found his ex-wife in bed with another man. The woman he devoted his life to laughing at him as he begged Summer to reconsider. All he ever wanted was to have a family with a wife and kids. After his divorce, he vowed to never fall in love again.

Gage slammed the hotel room door shut in a fit of rage, almost breaking it off the hinges. He had been weak, allowing Isis to open his heart again. He was letting her in, and...