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I miss you, too sounds glib. You have been missing from me is more accurate. There’s a void where you lived in me.
Still, sometimes I wished for a little more romance, and when I tried to coax it out of Ellis, he did his best. He usually found an alternate route of his own. Something unexpected and just as effective in the end.
love making deals with myself like this, from the mundane down to the big goals. Bargains that keep me moving toward something I want. If I put spinach in my eggs, I can also enjoy the cheese danish. If I get the menu for the week laid out now, I can slug away the entire following day and alternate between the couch and my bed and watch nothing but mindless reality TV.
“I think that as I get older, I’m okay knowing that some stuff will always be beyond my understanding,” I say. “I think it’s arrogant to think the stars and moon can affect the tides but not have an effect on me. Some things are just more powerful than we are.”
There’s a whoosh in my ears, like invisible hands placed invisible seashells up to them.
How do you tell the man who’s always wanted to take care of you that you resent how much you need him?
