This luxury cruise was supposed to be just another magazine assignment—not the beginning of a love story I never saw coming.
Burned out and drifting from my relationship, I boarded the Crystal Symphony hoping to find clarity. Instead, I found Andy—and his vibrant, fearless daughter, Helen. Their presence cracked something open in me, something I didn’t realize was still alive.
Andy is gentle, guarded, and grieving. I’m still tangled in a life I’m not sure I want. But as we share stories and sunrises, a new future starts to take shape—one I never imagined for myself.
Now, with the cruise ending and choices looming, I’m caught between a past that no longer fits and a possibility that feels too fragile to trust. Maybe I wasn’t sent here to write a feature—maybe I was sent here to finally tell the truth.
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Sophie Toovey 