Evelyn & Tobias — The Silver Cross
“I’m learning not to treat a late text as a disappearance.”
He nodded.
“And I’m learning that you won’t disappear if I ask for space.”
We smiled at one another.
It was not the kind of declaration I once imagined at a reunion.
It was better: two adults explaining how to stay in each other’s lives.
PART 21
Winter brought a small setback to my recovery.
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