The Best Worst Thing: An Intimate Romance of Infertility, Betrayal, and Second Chances

by Lauren Okie

“You know how when you read, you’re just kind of floating? Like, you can feel your legs under the covers and your hands on the pages, but you’re not quite there? You’re halfway between your own bed and some other world, and everything blends together, and you kind of just … hover? You’re kind of just … nowhere?”

“God, are you something.”

“You’re too nice,” Nicole said, swiping a fry from his plate. “You know that, right?” “What can I say? I’m a man of the people.” “I feel like it’s more of a you-don’t-ever-shut-the-fuck-up situation.” “Well,” he said, “it worked on you, didn’t it?”