The Oath in Our Pockets
Scarlett Hale

Every Thursday morning, the protagonist follows a simple the same bench, the same coffee, the same promise. For a patient whose memory often slips away, these rituals are more than habits—they are lifelines.
At the heart of the story stands the observer, once assigned to watch and measure, but who learns to step back and let love take root on its own terms. Together, they create a rhythm of life that endures beyond hospital walls, beyond trials, and beyond forgetting.
In their final Thursday vow, they choose not names, not titles, but a “Next Thursday, the same place, the same coffee.”
It is a love story written in gestures, remembered by the body when the mind falters, and carried forward by choice rather than chance.
This moving novel blends quiet restraint with deep emotion, offering readers a romance that is both fragile and unbreakable, ephemeral and eternal.