The Story We Left Behind

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When Kate Morgan’s very public career begins unraveling, she returns to the hometown she left decades earlier.

Ben Callahan is still there. Twenty-seven years ago, Kate chose her ambitions over their relationship.

The difficult part isn’t that Ben hates her for leaving. He doesn’t. He’s genuinely happy to see her.

A story about ambition, regret, forgiveness, homecoming — and whether the life you left behind can become part of the life still ahead.

The Couple

Meet Kate & Ben

Nationally known television journalist.

High-school principal — and Kate’s first love.

She keeps asking when she’s going back to her old life. He asks the harder question.

He chose the game. Twenty years later, the game is over.

He bought the vineyard on impulse. She’s spent her life tending it.

Falling in love in their fifties makes them feel young. Their teenagers have opinions.