"June 14, 2014," John answers with a soft smile. He could marry her, he realizes, which isn't something he's allowed himself to feel or even consider for a very long time. Not since Jessica. There are so many things Karen has made him feel for the first time since Jessica, though, and he's not surprised this is just one more thing for him to add to the list.

"You were working for the lawyers on a case I had," he adds "But you changed careers soon after."

The first meeting had been rather exceptional in a lot of ways, not only because he'd shown up on a Darrow beach, hypothermic and near death. Because maybe he'd loved her a little bit already, even then. Whatever it is, he can't forget it.