We obviously both have our pasts, but that’s not important right now. I don’t have to know every bad thing you ever did in your life to know that you’re a good guy now. People...

He owes me nothing, yet gives me everything in return. —SHEA

For the first time since I met her, I understand her need to keep her name secret and respect that. Here, someplace other than at home, we can be who we want, be with who...

All the bad in my life led me to her, which makes me think that I can live with the past if she is my future. —HEW

I can’t take any more of being careful around her. I want her. Not just for now, but for always.—HEW

Shea is in my arms in seconds. We’re not just holding each other but pressing out all the bad, letting it seep from us, and allowing it to disintegrate in the air, leaving room for...