Chapter 6
“It takes a lot of strength to walk away from that,” I whispered. “And I think the love you two had for each other was real at one point.”
“Yeah.”
“But at the same time,” I said, “you were both so young that you didn’t really understand what love is. And how to grow it into something real, right?”
He nodded, wiping his tears. “Sounds about right. I mean, a lot of our problems started after we went to college.”
“Yeah,” I said. “So…it just…it stopped growing. And I don’t think that’s entirely a bad thing. Now that you’re walking away, you can be with somebody else. Someone who really loves you, you know?”
He smiled at me, sniffling. I didn’t realize how close our faces were to each other’s at that moment. I could have sworn he was leaning in, but then my mother appeared in the doorway.