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U N A P O L O G E T I C A L L Y

~ V I D H I S A H A Y

T h e m a r r i e d c o u p l e s a t b y t h e t a b l e , r e m i n i s c i n g h o w

t h e y ’ d m e t . T h e y w e r e b o t h a r o u n d s e v e n t h e f i r s t t i m e

t h e y ’ d m e t , t h e y ’ d m a d e a c q u a i n t a n c e a t t h e b i r t h d a y

p a r t y o f a m u t u a l f r i e n d . B o t h c a r e f r e e , b o t h p a i n f u l l y

i n n o c e n t a n d u n a w a r e o f w h a t l i f e h a d i n s t o r e f o r

t h e m . T h e y s p e n t a l m o s t e v e r y b r e a t h i n g m o m e n t a t

e a c h o t h e r ’ s h o u s e o v e r t h a t s u m m e r a n d w e r e

b a s i c a l l y j o i n e d a t t h e h i p . I t w a s b a c k i n h i g h s c h o o l

w h e n I r a r e a l i z e d t h a t w h a t s h e f e l t f o r h e r f r i e n d w e n t

b e y o n d m e r e p l a t o n i c f e e l i n g s . S h e d i d n ’ t a d m i t i t o u t

l o u d , b e c a u s e s h e w a s a f r a i d t h a t w o u l d m a k e i t m o r e

r e a l . A t l e a s t t h i s w a y , s h e c o u l d k e e p h e r s k e l e t o n s i n

t h e c l o s e t a n d p r e t e n d t h a t e v e r y t h i n g w a s f i n e . S h e ’ d

t h o u g h t t h a t s h e w a s d o i n g a g o o d j o b a t h i d i n g w h a t

s h e ’ d f e l t a n d s h e p r o b a b l y h a d b e e n , t o b e h o n e s t , b u t

a l l t h a t w e n t d o w n t h e d r a i n w h e n h e r f a t h e r r e a d h e r

d a i r y . A c l e a r i n v a s i o n o f h e r p r i v a c y a n d s h e ’ d w a n t e d

t o s c r e a m a t h i m , t o a s k h i m h o w h e c o u l d ’ v e d o n e t h a t

t o h e r b u t s h e w a s j u s t f i f t e e n a n d c o u l d n ’ t p o s s i b l y

k n o w w h a t g o o d p a r e n t i n g w a s , r i g h t ?

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