He obviously adores you
Natalie and Andy sat at an outdoor table of the Academic watching the passers-by, as they tasted their gin and tonics. The sun was warm, and the breeze was coaxing the last raindrops from the maples along the street.
Natalie could almost believe that this was her life. She squeezed a lime slice into the drink and looked at Andy. What a difference it would make to be with someone like him! Granted, he was needy, too, although not like her husband. Felix required everything to be about him, and Natalie now saw that accommodating his whims was an avoidance of her own issues. Andy, on the other hand, demanded from you the courage to love. You would have to be clean and strong and honest and true. Sure, some of his friends didn’t live up to those expectations, but with
