How to Bring Your Love Life Back From the Dead
““Hello?”
“Is this a good time?” He sounded nervous. That was good. He wouldn’t sound nervous if he was hoping to stomp on her heart.
“Yes, this is fine. I just got home from carving pumpkins with my nieces. One of them carved a Jaws’ shark, and the other carved a face with a knife sticking out its forehead—she kept some of the guts to leave around the scene of the crime. I was really proud.”
“You should be.” His voice was more relaxed. Maybe he’d assumed she was going to fall to pieces, burst i...nto tears, and hang up the phone.
She still might, depending on what he said.
In fact, he had to make a quick recovery. After five minutes, thirty-one year old Lauren was sealing the coffin on this relationship and writing it off as dead-on-arrival. Self-preservation.
“So?” she asked finally when the silence between them dragged on.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you from the beginning. I kept waiting for that perfect moment, but there didn’t seem to be one.”
“It’s okay.MoreLess
“Is this a good time?” He sounded nervous. That was good. He wouldn’t sound nervous if he was hoping to stomp on her heart.
“Yes, this is fine. I just got home from carving pumpkins with my nieces. One of them carved a Jaws’ shark, and the other carved a face with a knife sticking out its forehead—she kept some of the guts to leave around the scene of the crime. I was really proud.”
“You should be.” His voice was more relaxed. Maybe he’d assumed she was going to fall to pieces, burst i...nto tears, and hang up the phone.
She still might, depending on what he said.
In fact, he had to make a quick recovery. After five minutes, thirty-one year old Lauren was sealing the coffin on this relationship and writing it off as dead-on-arrival. Self-preservation.
“So?” she asked finally when the silence between them dragged on.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you from the beginning. I kept waiting for that perfect moment, but there didn’t seem to be one.”
“It’s okay.MoreLess
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