About this story
They are a university researcher whose AI catches cancer early — the illness he is hiding from everyone. A hundred and thirty-two chapters of insults turning into flirting, a betrayal at a party, a lab burned to the ground, a courtroom, and a villa in Italy the night before treatment.
Who you’ll meet
The 42-year-old father who owns the house, the company and most of the town — the story's only love interest — shown alone; his son Larry is deliberately kept out of frame.