“Then one day adulthood snuck up on me and I realized I wanted a family. She didn’t. We tried to work it out. For a few years, I thought I could go along with it. Thought maybe she’d change her mind. But…” He shrugs, dropping my gaze and looking off into the distance. “Resentment grew anyway. And I really wanted a family. We were at an impasse, and neither one of us was happy. So I left and built this place as therapy, thinking maybe I’d be able to meet someone new and have it all one day.”
