When a relationship is on the cusp of shifting, people tend to drop their guards and speak far more honestly. And that's what happened the whole time Jeremy and I were sitting on that bench. It was where I learned he had lied to me from the very start. As a guy who was one year above me in college, he'd known who I was long before we officially met. But at our blind date, he'd claimed he had no idea who I was. And because he knew me, he also knew I'd once had a boyfriend I'd been head over heels in love with. His face twitched a little awkward when he brought all this up. "I know how much the two of you loved each other. Who would buy that you could fall for a guy like me, someone who doesn't measure up to him in any way, right after a breakup?" Hearing that, I couldn't help drifting

