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“I wasn’t going to take your man,” she sputtered. “The only thing you could take from me is notes.”
I cackled. “No. It wasn’t that deep. I could’ve let it go, but I didn’t want to.” I lifted my shoulders. “I might be fat, but I’ll never be the bigger person.”
You and Russ have something real. The way you talked about him and the way you looked when you were fresh from seeing him. I’ve never seen you that happy with a man, and I’ve seen you date a lot of men. A lot.”
He really did fuck the common sense out of me.
“When I say you’re my escape, I mean you’re my freedom.” He cupped my face. “When I say you’re my escape, I mean I can be myself with you.” His mouth hovered over mine. “When I say you’re my escape, I mean that whenever and wherever we’re together, it’s the only place I want to be.”
Russell Long was the manifestation of the love I always knew existed, but thought would be impossible to find. I’d been fostering men until they found their forever home. It never occurred to me that they were also fostering me until I found mine.
