'Death is a way to meet us all again, Della. Stopping numbers...' Ten years in the life of Della Quinn. A person can change beyond all recognition in ten years, especially if they're dead. Clay is strange and beautiful. For him, 'nothing goes beyond ten. It's an end and a beginning.' The number three is something else. Della Quinn seems to know about that - she has letters to prove it - ones that describe their life together, their love over the years. It's a pity they've only just met.