The very idea of them getting together was so unrealistic that he didn’t even treat it as a serious possibility. Nevertheless, there was something about her that irresistibly stirred up visions of what life might be like with her as his partner. He felt more comfortable with himself in their online communications than in any other context. And whenever he saw her picture on Facebook, with her happy-go-lucky vibe and joyful, spontaneous smile, he imagined the days passing with her by his side, wondering how everything might have turned out if he had married her and she had been Sota’s mother
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