A Friend in the Dark

by Samantha M. Bailey

Justin could have scrolled through my page and intuited how thirsty I am for anyone to pay attention to me, a middle-aged mother in sensible clothes, one whose most exciting posts are fabulous chicken recipes and the latest book I read. Maybe I’m more insecure than I want to admit, because the second Justin opened the door to raunchy sexting, I raced through it.

I like having something—someone—who belongs only to me.