“Dad survived, just like we all did. Even though heartache ripped your heart out, it didn’t kill you. Alice, Erin, and I had all lost our boyfriends, and we were now united in what we called the single ladies club. We had a couple more members, who were Alice’s friends. They had filled the void for her when she and I were separated, and I became friends with them too after I started sitting at their table at lunch. Lauren had never had a boyfriend, and Sarah was in love with her stepbrother.
“He’s only been my stepbrother for a year,” she explained. “We didn’t grow up together, and I’ve never thought of him as my brother. It was love at first sight. You know?”
Yes, I did know. But I didn’t want to reveal that I had fallen in love through a picture. I also didn’t want to talk ab
