I hesitated, then shifted in the chair. “Okay. Hypothetically... say a girl was emotionally involved with someone she shouldn’t be involved with. Like, it’s complicated, and messy, and technically wrong, but she can’t help how she feels.”
Alexander didn’t interrupt. He just watched me with that quiet attentiveness I wasn’t used to.
“She knows he’s with someone else,” I continued, “but... every time they’re together, it’s like nothing else matters. It’s not about s*x, though there’s definitely that tension. It’s emotional too. Obsessive, even.”
Still, he didn’t speak. And at this point, I wasn’t sure if that was comforting or terrifying.
“What would you think of a person like that?” I asked, carefully. “What would you say?”
Alexander exhaled slowly, thoughtfully. Then he said, “I’
