Robin

I had eavesdropped on stronger feelings than I had believed Jay capable of… passion, yearning for someone – who wasn’t me – and, worst of all, anticipation. The shock was almost physical. My mind backed away, and I folded onto a chair, physically curling around the pain.

I spent another sleepless night between hoping it was just another infatuation, and telling myself it didn’t matter; hadn’t I decided to move on? By morning I had acknowl...