A Fire Sparkling

by Julianne MacLean

“You’re always defending her,” he whispered, “because you see the best in people. I just hope she won’t disappoint you.”

“We could all drive ourselves mad thinking about what could have been. But life happens the way it happens, and there’s no point wishing the past was any different. It will always be what it was, and there’s not a damn thing we can do about it.”