The Candidate (2016)
“Is it really Greg? Yes, it is. And seeing him—so handsome, so fit, his skin tawny and burnished by the Australian sun—instantly rekindles something inside her. Raw physical attraction, yes, but also a surge of tenderness. She was in love with this man. Is she still? Can they get back what they lost? Can she forgive him? Erica struggles to get her bearings.
Greg crosses the sidewalk to her. “You look shocked to see me.”
“Sydney is a long way away.”
“Too far.” He reaches out to hold h...er, and an image of Laurel Masson flashes in her mind; she tenses up and takes a step backward.
They stand there with so much to say and nothing to say. Part of Erica wants to invite him up to her apartment to fall into his arms. Another part of her wants to slap him across the face.
“Can we talk?” he asks.
“Yes.”
“Would you like to go to a café or .MoreLess
Greg crosses the sidewalk to her. “You look shocked to see me.”
“Sydney is a long way away.”
“Too far.” He reaches out to hold h...er, and an image of Laurel Masson flashes in her mind; she tenses up and takes a step backward.
They stand there with so much to say and nothing to say. Part of Erica wants to invite him up to her apartment to fall into his arms. Another part of her wants to slap him across the face.
“Can we talk?” he asks.
“Yes.”
“Would you like to go to a café or .MoreLess
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