“That’s it?”
“I’m trying not to yell at you because you’ve already had a bad day.”
“I lied to you. I’m sorry.”
“Are you safe?”
“I am.”
She exhaled. “Well, that’s all I care about.”
Then she said, “I understand why you did it.”
I hadn’t expected that from her. “You do?”
“You’ve been lonely.”
“I wasn’t that lonely.”
“You lied about flying 1,100 miles to meet a Facebook man.”
“That’s fair.”
“What he did was wrong.”
“Yes.”
“But I also understand why he did it.”
I frowned. “Excuse me?”
“Not approve. Understand.”
She paused. “You’re both scared.”
“Of what?”
“Rejection, but you still want to build connections.”
I didn’t know what to say when she encouraged me to listen to David.
I only promised her I would think about it.
The next morning, I had a Facebook message from David, only that Noah signed it off.
