As he struggles with staggering sorrow, readers will wonder along with Rudy whether he can ever recover. Rudy’s thoughts and actions grow increasingly self-destructive, and his future becomes anything but certain. Detective Jensen tells Rudy that Bethany’s death may have been murder, and suddenly, all the progress Rudy had made toward coping with her loss is shattered. Just as he begins to pursue Sasha, a detective appears at the store looking for Rudy. Rudy is surprised to notice his interest in Sasha gradually turning romantic, and he grapples with the question of whether he is ready to date another woman.
During his time at the store, he forms a friendship with Sasha, a woman from the watch department who has suffered losses of her own. Rudy is working as a pianist in Nordstrom’s, a job that was intended as a temporary gig following a setback in his finance career, but the loss of his wife has left him too drained to make any professional movement. Following this harrowing scene, the story jumps forward by nearly a year.
Unfortunately, it's too late to revive Bethany, who had a heart attack. When he finally notices that Bethany is not breathing, Rudy mobilizes into action, attempting frantic CPR and calling an ambulance. He hasn’t yet realized that she died during the night. The story opens as Rudy Knowles relaxes in bed, chatting for the first 10 minutes of the morning with his wife, Bethany. A middle-aged man struggles to reconcile romantic feelings for a co-worker with the devotion he still feels to his late wife.
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