The Sound of Circumstance

To finally leave the past behind, they'll have to trust ... their friendship, and especially their love.Stacie Nightingale doesn't want the 2.5 million dollars of blood money she's been awarded as a result of the lawsuit she filed. She also doesn't want the memories that are flooding her mind, causing her to remember everything that led to the car accident that killed her friend and left Stacie with a traumatic brain injury. Neither of those circumstances matter though once her boyfriend Owen Landry proposes to her. She doesn't want his proposal, not due to the circumstances that drove him to it. The mysterious woman he seems to be keeping company only fuels her insecurity and doubt. Stacie loves Owen, but with her past continuing to haunt her, she questions if their love is strong enough to survive.Owen Landry has been carrying the ring around for months, waiting for the perfect moment to propose. He has a plan, but when a gallery owner starts swooning over Stacie - and not just her paintings - Owen once again has to face the demons of his own past. His insecurities spike when Stacie not only refuses his proposal, but confides in her brother rather than Owen. He doesn't believe she would betray him, but his past has proven he can be a bad judge of character.