Imagine going through the same promises with another person all over again, pretending not to think about the very moment when you’d uttered them for the very first time. It was hard. Nonetheless, I didn’t allow the reminder of those well-spent fractions of my past to either overwhelm me or surface on my face.
Pretending instead of equanimity, I forced a cheerful countenance before asking him, “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”
“I can’t fall asleep,” responded a troubled Tobias. “For some strange reason, it felt very odd when you didn’t say anything when I clarified my intention to never abandon you. Shouldn’t you be at least a little happy?”
“Oh no, you’ve got it all wrong,” I protested, grabbing his face and planting a kiss on his forehead. “I am more relieved than delighted to know that y
