“She said she was scared I was replacing her.”

“And what did you say?”

Daniel stared toward the front door.

“I told her nobody was replacing her.”

He paused.

“But if she keeps trying to force me to choose, she might create the loss she’s afraid of.”

I reached for his hand.

He looked at me.

“Do you think we can ever get past this?”

I considered the question.

“I think getting past something and pretending it never happened are different things.”

He nodded.

“So which one are we doing?”

“Getting past it.”

I looked at the little black doorbell camera through the window beside the door.

“But we’re not pretending.”

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