After Hello (You Had Me at Hello, #1.5)

by Mhairi McFarlane

Part of being grown up is realising that “I don’t want to” is a good enough reason.’

There’s some sort of horrible paradox at work now that says that when you should most wind your neck in, your emotions are least likely to allow it.

Is Ben messing around? Is it possible? It doesn’t seem possible but perhaps this is how everyone feels, discovering an affair. Denial is the first stage.

I smile and chat and run on screensaver mode, all the while feeling more and more sick inside.