“He’s still behind the counter at the snack bar,” his grandmother called to me from the porch. “But if you can make do with Jay and I for a change, you can come join us for a piece of cake.” There was a hint of an accusation in her tone. I immediately felt a twinge of guilt. I had pretty much given up our chats recently. “I’d be happy to join you!” I quickly responded. A few minutes later, I sat next to Jay at the dining room table as his grandmother piled enormous pieces of redcurrant tart on our plates. I was thinking that she had never continued her story and told me what happened to Katarina next. But there wasn’t any room in my head for other people’s stories right now, anyway. There was only room for Alex and me. I still didn’t know exactly how I had slipped into this “relationship,” but we’d been together for about a month now. Alex made me laugh, and I had been laughing a lot the past few weeks. It had been months since I had felt so lighthearted, even happy, and I wanted to enjoy it while it lasted.
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