Ugh! Erin. You have a one-track mind." She smiled deviously. "I prefer to think of it as target-driven.

So when do we get to the junk-kicking?

Every moment was a before and an after. Every moment was a now to be lived.

Almost every time i saw you, you were with him. But one day, you walked up to the building alone. I was holding the door for several girls in front of you, and i waited for you to catch up. When you reached me, you look pleased, and a little surprised. Unlike the others, you didn't expect the door to be held for you by some random guy. You smiled up at me and said, 'Thank you.' That was the last straw. I prayed you 'd never come to a session, and not with him. I didn't want you to know i was the tutor.

What I can't do anywhere is be with you.

The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I begin to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.

I tilt her chin up and bend my face to hers, silently praising every woman who's had a hand in making her who she is.