Caleb Jones
The Homebuilder
Full Name
Caleb Russell Jones
Also Known As
CJ
Physical Description
Broad, tall, contractor's build — hands that make things
Golden curls, dirty-blonde origin
Warm-colored eyes, described through intensity rather than shade
Sharp jaw, solid — not weathered but earned
Wranglers and flannel at the cabin; Armani at the door — both completely him
Who He Is
Caleb is the first love who left and came back wearing an apology in Armani. He looks sturdy and is the one who runs. He looks like the man who stayed, and is the man whose leaving built every wall Ryan has. He carries the boy Ryan knew and the man Ryan does not — both in the same body, and she can see the seam.
His Connection
Caleb is Ryan's childhood love and the most contested relationship in Anatomy of Release — the complicated ex who earned it late, and the man who has spent twenty years proving he doesn't deserve to.
Appears In
Book 1: Anatomy of Release
"I don't know how to not love you. So I'm just gonna love you forever."