The Space Between Us: A Novella

She wasn’t planning to get off the train. He wasn’t planning to let anyone in.Sometimes life’s quietest detours lead to the most unexpected places. Reeling from the end of a relationship she thought would last, Tessa boards a train heading south with no clear destination. Her plan is escape, breathe, figure out what comes next—alone. Jack is on that same train, carrying grief of his own. A town he’s been avoiding. A brother he still hasn’t forgiven himself for losing. The last thing he expects is to feel drawn to the quiet woman in the café car. When they both impulsively disembark in a small coastal town, what begins as a shared moment of stillness turns into something neither can ignore. Over rainy days and slow walks, laughter and late-night conversations, the space between them begins to shrink. But healing is never easy. And the lives they left behind are waiting. Can two people who weren’t looking for love learn how to trust it?Can a chance meeting turn into something that lasts, once the train moves on? The Space Between Us is a hopeful, heartwarming novella about finding connection when you least expect it—and learning to choose it again and again.