The Do-Over

by Lynn Painter

How could he even consider moving across the country without me? In his defense, the dynamics between my parents and me were so dysfunctional that he probably had no idea how much he meant to me.

Did lynn steal this from my own brain???

I was so good that my parents didn’t have to worry about me. So they didn’t. At all.

To-Do List—February 14: DAY OF NO CONSEQUENCES WHATEVER I FUCKING FEEL LIKE

I’ve daydreamed for years about getting in a fistfight with Khloe Kardashian. I’m positive I could take her.

Lol

I was fascinated by people whose parents were still together. It seemed surreal and impossibly beautiful to me, the idea of living out all of your childhood years with both parents, together in the same house.

I had no idea what I was doing, but I kissed the tip of his nose. Because this wasn’t about boys and girls and love and attraction, this was about a human soul needing to feel seen.