“When the wedding didn’t work out, I felt like my life had been turned upside down—like all of the pieces of it that I’d picked out so carefully were just shaken up and thrown in the air, left to fall where they may. But now…I think they were all falling together. “I have this beautiful house to raise our daughter in. I have our family. I have a life that’s mine, and I have somebody who…cares about me. Deeply.” “Cares about you deeply?” Gus asked. His smile was poking through. “I’m not sure, but I think there’s a word for that.” “I know,” I said. “And we’re there.” Permanent. “You deserve
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