Years ago, Sophie Mercer was one of your students. Now thirty-five, she is living in Noosa, Australia, raising two boys after the breakdown of her marriage.

While flying to Brisbane for a ten-day education convention, you unexpectedly come across Sophie’s Facebook profile. On an impulse, you send her a message and ask whether she might like to reconnect.

Her answer arrives almost immediately.

She invites you to spend a day with her in Noosa, beginning with a hike through Noosa National Park. Sophie appears confident, independent, and completely in love with her coastal life—but the longer you spend with her, the more apparent it becomes that her confidence may be covering something else.

What happens during the reunion is up to you.