After All

Summary

• Tova is adjusting to her new life with Cameron, in a condo in Sowell Bay, a month after renovations are complete.
• Cameron works long days for a contractor and plans to take engineering prerequisites at a local community college.
• Even though they bicker and tease each other, Tova and Cameron share a deep bond and enjoy spending time together.
• For Thanksgiving, they host a dinner for three, including Ethan, a regular visitor to Tova’s condo. Avery, who was supposed to attend, cancels last minute but promises to bring pie.
• At dinner, Cameron receives a duffel bag that had been lost during his travels.
• After dinner, they walk down to the waterfront and admire a new statue at the aquarium that Tova donated for.
• Tova volunteers at the aquarium, focusing on educating visitors about the giant Pacific octopus. The current octopus, named Pippa, is quite shy.
• Tova reminisces about her old house on the hillside and how she only returned once to retrieve her cat, which a new resident from Texas had found.
• At the end of the chapter, they are heading back to the condo for dessert and to continue a game of Scrabble.