“The really hilarious update is that I ran into her when I left Tripp’s birthday party all those months ago. I was waiting around at the airport, hoping to get onto a flight, and bam there she was. Remarried. With a toddler. And very, very pregnant. So now I know it wasn’t that she didn’t want a family. She just didn’t want it with me. And all I’ve done is spend years licking my wounds, wishing for something I’ll never have. Too scared to even try.” The pain in his voice is like a spear to my chest. It aches for him. I ache for him. “You can. You should. Try, that is. You’re a catch. Someone
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