But even if he did miss me he wasn’t saying he missed me, and even in the hypothetical scenario in which he was saying he missed me, how could I give him the time of day after what he’d done? It was a pointless question with the wrong answer, and the only thing that made sense was that I knew I had fallen in love with him—it was what had made these past months so horrific. People always talk about realizing they’re in love during the happy moments, but I think you realize it in the bad ones. The ones that knock you off center, scaring you when they prove that no matter what kind of logic is in
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