Dedication:
To love . . .
I want to thank my family and friends for their unconditional love. Their generosity and rich life experiences add depth to the fabric of my life and give me the courage to put pen in hand and craft Melani's story. In particular, I want to thank Judith Lynn Schuitema for reading my manuscript and making critical suggestions. She, alone, knows the secrets that the reader may discover. Thank you, Judy.
- D. K. Christi -
Prologue
Part I
Chapter 1 Tennis
Chapter 2 Across a Crowded Room
Chapter 3 Losses
Chapter 4 Saturday
Chapter 5 Dance With Me
Chapter 6 Down Under
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 Letters
Chapter 9 The
Chapter 10 Spring
Chapter 11 The
Chapter 12 Good-bye,
Chapter 13 Home at Last
Part II The Beginning
Chapter 14 Alone
Chapter 15 Strange Days
Chapter 16 Who Am I
Chapter 17 Stepping Out
Chapter 18 College
Chapter 19 Gidget
Chapter 20 Moving Up
Chapter 21 Failure
Chapter 22 Washington, D. C.
Chapter 23 College II
Chapter 24
Part III The World
Chapter 25
Chapter 26 The
Chapter 27
Chapter 28 Christmas
Part IV California
Chapter 29 Social Climbing
Chapter 30
Part V Return to
Chapter 31
Chapter 32 Christmas in July
Part VI Starting Over
Chapter 33 Divorce
Part VII Blue Water
Chapter 34 A Wall of Water
Chapter 35 The Rescue
Chapter 36 A Lost Dinghy
Part VIII Fire and Ice
Chapter 37 The Lies
Chapter 38 The
Part IX Starting Over Again
Chapter 39 Freedom
Chapter 40 Dance Away Lover
Part X The Agony and the Ecstasy
Chapter 41 Travel Posters
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44 The Exumas
Chapter 45
Chapter 46 One Crew
Chapter 47 Primary School
Chapter 48 Errant Wave
Chapter 49 Independence Day
Chapter 50 Good-Bye,
Chapter 51 The
Chapter 52 Samana
Chapter 53
Part XI The End
Chapter 54 Hugo
Part XII Reality
Chapter 55 The
Chapter 56 Return to
Part XIII Nine Lives
Chapter 57 The Class
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61 The Winter of Unemployment
Part XIV
Chapter 62 The Rug
Part XV The Ship
Chapter 63 The Script
Epilogue