the contents the first half the prologue the first chapter the second chapter the third chapter for example the fourth chapter the fifth chapter the sixth chapter what xavier did the seventh chapter the eighth chapter the ninth chapter the ninth chapter ( take two ) the tenth chapter the eleventh chapter the twelfth chapter the thirteenth chapter sandra rojas the fourteenth chapter the better half what david did the fifteenth chapter the sixteenth chapter the seventeenth chapter the eighteenth chapter ucupidwhite the nineteenth chapter the twentieth chapter actually , after some prodding xavier said a lot more josh tanner , jennifer tilley , and exponential growth the twenty-first chapter the twenty-second chapter the twenty-third chapter what david did the last little bit of the twenty-third chapter the twenty-fourth chapter the twenty-fifth chapter the twenty-sixth chapter the lesser half the twenty-seventh chapter the twenty-eighth chapter what happened to xavier the twenty-ninth chapter the thirtieth chapter josh tanner , jennifer tilley , and exponential decay the last chapter the epilogue it takes close to a thousand hours to plan , write , and edit a novel .