"Some secrets become heavier not because they're lies, but because they're standing in the way of something true."
Lucas
There were moments when a secret felt manageable.
Annoying.
Complicated.
Inconvenient.
Then there were moments when it felt impossible to carry.
Amy's question from the night before had moved the secret firmly into the second category.
Do you ever wonder what would happen if we met?
Every day.
The answer had been true.
Painfully true.
Because meeting Amy wasn't the problem.
I'd already met her.
Twice.
Three times.
A dozen brief moments scattered through hallways and conference rooms.
The problem was that she didn't know it.
And every day that passed made telling her harder.
Not easier.
Harder.
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Saturday arrived with unexpected sunshine.
The kind
