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KARISSA
Knowing Xavier figured out who I was on the app was a relief. I worried he would be mad that I didn’t tell him when I first figured it out. And knowing he wasn’t interested in a second chance with McJenna’s mom made letting him in an easier choice.
Not that I was ready to marry him and build a future together, but I was open to figuring out if we were still as compatible as we once were.
Xavier and I talked through the rest of dinner, catching up on each other’s lives over the years. It was strange to hear about him after the stories I told myself about who he was. I imagined a whole life for him, a future that was happy and full of everything he ever hoped it would be. That wasn’t the reality of it, and instead of feeling vindicated, I was sad he was in the same place I was
