“And how are you liking this new life of yours, the good part, where everything’s sorted?” “Ha! Life is never sorted.” I narrow my eyes at the old woman. “Was that the lesson I was supposed to learn? Because if it was, you could have just told me that, I am very receptive to feedback.” “You wished it. So, tell me, is it a grand improvement on before?” she asks calmly, taking a pocket watch out of her waistcoat and checking the time. “Yes, and no. It’s complicated.” Then I look down at my wedding ring and say, “But also kind of wonderful.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,”
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