The Last Love Note: A Novel

Four years ago, Kate struggles to nurse Charlie, who is one and a miniature of his dad. Cam is packing for a medieval conference in Rome. Kate wants to go back to work and has an interview with a fundraising department at the university. Cam reminisces about how he passed her a love note during a lecture in their second year at university, 16 years ago.

Grace takes Kate to the gym and confides that her doctor has diagnosed her with having poor eggs, making Kate feel guilty for being an IVF success story. Grace says Cam is delicious, but Kate notes he forgot they’ve been together for 17 years. On the treadmill, Kate talks about her upcoming interview and how she tends to oversell herself. She falls off her treadmill, and the man next to her catches her. Kate thinks he is giving off McDreamy vibes and then realizes her breasts are leaking milk. The man on the treadmill gives her a rugby shirt to cover herself. 

Kate arrives for her interview and reminds herself that fundraising is a kind of storytelling, which she likes. She recalls having sex with Cam after the gym incident. At her interview, Kate recognizes the man from the gym, who introduces himself as