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8:35 a.m., July 1, Richmond, VA
What could Mark do? He had felt stuck in his life for some time now. He was of course for-
tunate to have a dependable job as a software engineer and a loving wife in Hannah, but
he had been feeling for a while that something was missing. He just wasn't satisfied with
his life of writing software code, going to the gym, coming home to eat dinner with Hannah,
then watching TV and falling asleep. For some time now, he had felt like a passenger in
his life instead of the driver. As he arrived at his desk that morning at Integrated Software
Solutions, he put his coffee down and flipped the month from June to July on his office cal-
endar. July 1—another half year completed. He looked at the calendar, with its images of
palm trees and sunshine, with a kind of longing. His life had been the same for too long .
9:10 a.m., July 1, Midlothian, VA
Hannah was just as unhappy as Mark, if not more so. Her job at The Sophisticated Gourmet
Catering was comfortable, but it wasn't fulfilling. She loved her husband, Mark, whom she
had met in college almost ten years before, but she felt their relationship was getting stale.
And though they needed some new energy in their lives, they didn't yet feel ready to have
children .
As Hannah removed her bag at work that morning, her boss, Angela, came up to her and
said, “Hannah, there's someone new working with us today.” She pointed to a tall and dis-
tinguished gentleman already at work inside the kitchen. He looked up and motioned a kind
of greeting to Hannah. “His name is Jan de Groot, and he's very nice. He's an old friend
from the Netherlands who's visiting for a few weeks. He'll be helping out in the kitchen while
he's here.”
“Well, this is something new,” thought Hannah as she went over to meet the kindly-looking
gentleman. “I'm Hannah MacDaniel,” Hannah said. “Should I call you Mr. de Groot?”
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