Ruth, working at an Art Gallery in Boston, is curating a new exhibition of work by her distant English cousin, Greg. He is about to arrive for the launch, the first time they will have met since her visit to him five years previously, when she had experienced a re-awakening of her former adolescent crush. She believes that is now all behind her: she is happily married, and she and Rick, her husband, are planning to start a family. Greg's news on his arrival, however, concerning the state of his own marriage, sends shock waves through her. What if Greg becomes 'available'? What of her commitment to Rick? And is Greg developing a romantic interest in one of Ruth's colleagues?
With support from her two oldest friends, Ruth struggles with jealousy, loyalty and desire in this concluding novella of the These Years trilogy about the lasting impact of a crush.