@Epiphany: Why not?
Iris thought for a moment, and then the answer dawned on her.
She scrolled back through their previous messages, piecing together the puzzle from his hints.
Hmm... a man with a daughter, possibly divorced, suspicious of his wife's infidelity... and now he had found someone he was interested in. He must be holding back because of his daughter, afraid to pursue new happiness.
@Lsland001: My circumstances... make it inappropriate to have a relationship with her.
Of course! As a father, starting a new relationship must feel complicated for him.
@Epiphany: Do you really like her?
This time, there was a long pause before he responded.
@Lsland001: I don't know.
@Epiphany: You don't know?
@Lsland001: I can talk to everyone else easily, but with her... I always make he
