The Seven Year Itch

Chapter 19

Chapter Nineteen

As much as I couldn’t see myself leaving my beloved city, the days and especially the nights became increasingly hard without John.

Was it a sign of weakness that I was so emotionally dependent on him already?

Or was that what a normal relationship felt like?

I ached for him so badly I seriously contemplated moving over to the wet wild west just to wake up with him each day.

I had it so bad, I barely recognised myself.

But it seemed we were growing together. He regularly reminded me that, as new as this was to me, it was also new to him. We were in it together.

I took some small comfort in that.