“I’ve been scared, too. I’m still terrified that you’ll leave, that you’ll decide you miss where you’re from, which is entirely valid, of course. But then I’ve been wondering…maybe it’s unfair to expect you to stay here with me when your whole life is on another continent.” “That’s the thing,” I say. “I don’t know if it is anymore. And what I’m realizing is that I don’t have to have everything figured out at thirty, or forty, or fifty, or ever. Isn’t that the whole point of being human? To always be growing and learning and changing?” I stretch a hand toward him. Graze his wrist. “I’ve never
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