'We've got a second chance, now,' she says, her voice quiet. 'To make up for all that lost time. And this time, I promise, I'll do better.'

She feels like she has so much to make up for to him, and then there's the real truth. She hasn't felt like this about anyone, ever. Not even her daughter's father. He was comfortable, nice, when he wasn't so self-absorbed. But he never made her heart race like this man does.