Chapter 16April 1996
There were times when we were alone together that I found myself wondering what exactly it was that drew me toward Julia in the first place. I had never been the type of person to enjoy branching out and forming any kind of emotional bonds with relative strangers. The only friends I ever made were through Connie and with a handful of exceptions even that was with great reluctance. And yet I had allowed Julia to edge effortlessly into my life. I allowed myself to open up to her without even realizing what I had done. And why? I hadn’t known her well enough to make any sort of real judgment on her. But I had trusted her. I had found her to be convivial and had fallen for her swiftly without any qualms at all.
My entire life I never really seemed to find any one particu
