“What would they say?” I flatten my knuckles on the table. “You said that you love me,” I say loudly this time, forcefully, as if repeating the words will somehow make them true. “I do-ish. But you have to understand my predicament.” “That you’re a selfish pig?” People are glancing my way now. To hell with decorum. “You said that you loved me!” “Addie”—he chuckles nervously—“can’t we discuss this quietly?”

