CHAPTER 8

LETTER 033

TRYING IT ON

Writer's note

I've spent years rejecting a kind of love I've never actually tried. What if the boring option is the one I never gave a chance?

Dear me,I needed my usual one-hour walk.The one I started thirty-two Sundays ago.Earbuds on.Today's turn belonged to '90s pop.I needed something sweet.Something familiar.Something gentle.Yes…I was about to do the thinking.I don't point my middle finger at the fridge anymore because I converted the ice cream...…

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