Owen
Although I can’t understand why my mouth is moving, telling so much about myself, I do it anyway, “My father and mother divorced when we were kids. They did terrible things to one another in the name of love and family. They pulled and pushed, ripping us all up in the process, each claiming all they did was for the love of their family. What they did showed me how marriage really is. I don’t believe in the fairytale most couples talk about.”
Petra’s soft hand moving over my chest makes me look at it. “Divorce must be hard to go through. I wouldn’t know. I never knew my father. He left mom early on. I had no father figure at all. Then this rich guy met Mom at the bank where she worked and swept her off her feet and away from me. Now I have no one.” She sees my sad face and leans up t
