Sarah came over on a Tuesday evening. Kassie had texted her: “Need to talk. Can you come over?”
They sat on the back porch with wine while the kids did homework inside.
“Okay,” Sarah said. “What’s going on?”
“I think I’m still in love with Daniel.”
Sarah was quiet for a moment. “Okay. Tell me why you think that.”
“Because I can’t stop thinking about him. Because every time he texts or shows up, my heart races. Because I can’t say ‘I love you’ back to Marcus even though he’s perfect and uncomplicated and everything I should want.”
“And Daniel is…?”
“Complicated. Messy. Comes with a daughter who hates me and an ex who has veto power over my life. All the things that broke us the first time.”
“So why would you still love him?”
“That’s what I don’t understand. It doesn’t make sense. W
