This is the story of Ella.And Robert.And of all the things they should have said, but never did.`What have you been up to?`I shrug, `Just existing, I guess.``Looks like more than just existing.`Robert gestures at the baby, the lifeboat, the ocean.`All right, not existing. Surviving.`He laughs, not unkindly. `Sounds grim.``It wasn`t so bad, really. But I wish you`d been there.`Ella has known Robert all her life. Through seven key moments and seven key people their journey intertwines.From the streets of Glasgow during WW2 to the sex, drugs and rock n` roll of London in the 60s and beyond, this is a story of love and near misses. Of those who come in to our lives and leave it too soon. And of those who stay with you forever…