Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic.

“Like walking through a door. Our relationship immediately attained a sepia tone…”

“All the tut-tutters out there will say: She should have just left, bundled up w…”

“Patty knew that feeling, a dream hangover, like when she jumped up from a panic…”

“Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else…”