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Jesus said that what is done in the darkness will be brought into the light. And when I woke up alone in my bed that morning, I knew exactly what He meant. Because everything that I had managed to push away last night crowded back, front and center, and not only did I have to face it, but I had to face it alone.
Where was she? There was no note, no text, no coffee mug in the sink. She’d left without saying goodbye, and that twisted sharp and splintery in my chest.
She’s a layperson, I reminded myself. That was what laypeople did—they met, they f****d, and they moved on. They didn’t fall in love at the drop of a f*****g hat.
Last night, she had been about to say it, though. She’d been ready to profess it to me…or had I imagined that? Maybe I had imagined that this spark between us wa
