‘No,’ she laughs out bitterly. ‘Not with two at the same time, but I’ve also lost my mind before because of a man, and I’ve learned that love often goes with pain. We can’t just switch off our feelings as if we were robots.’ Her voice is sad, and I don’t know why but I have the feeling she is not talking about Chad. ‘Which man or men you love is no one else’s business but yours, and of those men, of course. It shouldn’t be anybody else’s concern.
‘I keep telling myself the same thing, but it’s so hard,’ I admit with frustration.
‘Listen’ she puts her hand on mine, and her voice is very serious. ‘I would love to make the choice easier for you, but I can’t, and you know it. There is one thing though that I can advise you, and I hope you will follow it.’
‘And what’s that?’ I ask, chewing o
