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I ether she is After all, I know her history, and though it’s slightly better than mine, she should still be a mess

“I’,” I tell her

It’s a lie I’ about how handsome our waiter is He has dark brown hair—nearly black—and even darker eyes There’s so about them They look almost…unnatural, but in a completely beautiful way Black and red swirls of a tattoo crawl up his left hand and then disappear beneath the long sleeve of his white button-down It’s impossible to tell what the co to know

“It’s okay,” she says “He’s attractive”

I pop my eyes open “Are you a mind reader now?”

She smiles “You blushed when he talked to you”

True My cheeks warmed, and frankly, they’re still warm

“I know it seee to find a an to fall for Reid When you’ve been though soain But you will And this is your first clue”

“Because I think our waiter is hot?”

“Sure It proves you’re still yourself I assu”

“Yeah”

“And now you’re still attracted to men”

“That doesn’t mean I want to be with anyone”

“Of course it doesn’t But it should help you see that you will get through this You did great at the center You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t”

I nod I know all this Still, the force of my attraction to our server jolted me

I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly

“Were you attracted to any of the men at the center?” Zee asks

“There weren’t very uess I found so in those terms then”

“Very norinning to think in those terain”

“Zee, our server is really good-looking Any woman—and probably a lot of men—would find him handsome”

“True” Zee glances at the ht direction that you do”

Zee is studying psychology She told e and , she decided to study psychology instead, to help others like herself She still hasn’t ruled out ree first, and for that, she’s studying psychology

She finished one semester, but now she’s on maternity leave