Maybe he connects with readers because he’s been knocked so low.
Cut to Valentine’s Day, a rainy evening in 2000. David Elliott of La Mirada flies from Southern California to Michigan to see his fiance for a romantic dinner. He’s going to stay with her for a week and make some wedding plans. She’s wearing the engagement ring he’s given her (and, for which, he is still making payments).
He looks into her eyes, and she says …