Ready or Not

by Cara Bastone

He’d rather overstay his welcome at his sister’s house than take on the wretched task of apartment hunting in New York.

New york sucks dick.

These days he posts deeply liberal political messages on his Facebook and reserves his Instagram for pics of his kids.

the first part sounds miserable.

then she could finally forgive me for being pregnant. It makes such dreadful sense.

Im rolling my eyes at this.

“Can I?” he asks. And this right here is quickly becoming my favorite thing about Ethan. The goodbye hug. No, it’s more than that. It’s the Can-I? hug. “Yes.”

Why? Its giving weird vibes...

“I haven’t felt that way about a place I’ve lived since my mom died.” He looks up at me. “Since we packed up her house, I mean.”