Chapter 35 Marie
Why am I saying these things? Who is this person controlling me? It’s like I have a bird’s eye view of the two of us and I recognise the people I see, but I can’t believe what the one who looks exactly like me is saying.
“Would that be so bad?” Olivia reaches for my hand. I can tell she’s having trouble suppressing a smile.
“It would be very… complicated.”
“Why?”
“Because, you and I, we can’t realistically be together.” I chuckle at my own audacity. “I’m fifty-six years old and I’ve never been in a relationship worth the name. What does that say about me?”
“You had other priorities.”
“You make it sound so simple. So normal.”
“You are asking the expert on all things normal.”
I have to laugh. I just have to. This is one of the things about Olivia that draw me to her
