Chapter Ten: MarkThe first time I saw the guy, my understanding of what I felt for Sally changed. The second time, it changed my understanding of who she was, really.
Not only was she infuriatingly independent, to the extent that she pretended not to need a soul around her. This part I had already understood before, which had pretty much made me give up on trying to win her over. She also had a softer, vulnerable side which I’d never seen before.
When she basically told me to piss off on Friday, I was in a good mood to shut her out of my life completely. If she wanted things to be like that, I would tolerate her at the office somehow, then get on with life on my own. For years I’ve hidden a significant part of myself from the world, which has made me a good liar. I’d learnt to lie to mys
