It’s been a minute.”
“Yeah. Stars are aligning… this is gonna be your time, and if you need to talk, you know I’m there.”
He clapped me on the shoulder and gave it a squeeze. Anal sex My actual dad skipped out on my mother the moment the stick turned blue. Seeing people on their phones, typing away at their laptops, or feeding their kids reminded me that there were billions of people in the world who neither knew nor cared that my heart had just been broken. “Oh,” I called out. I’ve met your family for Christ’s sake.”
I waited for her to say something—anything—but she didn’t even look at me or acknowledge anything I was saying. I looked at her. You got this, though. “Is there anything else I can do?”
She shook her head, “No, thank you. There’s also Natalie.”
I hesitated mid-sip at the mention of that name, and my heart skipped a beat. “I’ve been a great boyfriend. How the hell could she be confused at any part of my reaction?
