In this evocative follow-up episode, Montgomery Andrews returns to narrate the quiet dawn after the storm. Rose wakes in a small Welsh cottage, wrapped in the stillness of morning and the warmth of a man who taught her how to hold desire without guilt. Over coffee and laughter, she realises that grief and pleasure can coexist—that she can love what was and still reach for what is.

Through Montgomery’s reflective storytelling and Rose’s tender inner monologue, Tending the Fire explores themes of widowhood, healing, emotional release, and the power of connection after loss. It is an intimate meditation on what happens when a woman reclaims her body, her autonomy, and her right to joy.

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On a quiet Christmas Eve in London, Rose answers Ollie’s soft question, can we spend the night together, and discovers what survival after loss can feel like when two grieving hearts share the same bed without promises. Montgomery frames the night as shelter, not solution, while Rose learns the difference between being held and holding on.

In the dark they trade small true things, explore consent that is slow and attentive, and wake to a gentle, intimate morning that feels like proof of life. Ollie offers a widower’s view of loneliness, ritual, and hope, and Rose recognises her own boundaries and self care.

This episode blends grief, tenderness, and post-loss intimacy with a focus on choice, safety, and the nervous system finding calm again.

Content note: Adult themes, gentle sexual intimacy, discussion of bereavement.

In this moving chapter of Widow on Fire, Rose finds herself in London on Christmas Eve, carrying the heavy ache of grief into a holiday built for family and belonging. With her closest friend Bell pushing her into new beginnings—including a daring dating app—Rose stumbles into an unexpected connection at a Christmas buffet. There, she meets Ollie, a fellow traveller through grief whose honesty mirrors her own.

As they share stories of love and loss, Rose is faced with a tender choice: spend the night with Ollie, waking on Christmas morning with someone by her side, or walk into the frosted London streets alone, discovering her own strength in festivity, joy, and self-celebration.

This episode explores the collision of grief and desire, the loneliness of holidays after loss, and the fragile possibility of connection. Listeners are invited to vote on Instagram for the next step in Rose’s journey.

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