Not in Love

“You moving in. You, quitting your job so we can do this twenty times a day. Me, retiring to service you full-time. Us, fucking around for the rest of our lives. Does it really not sound like a fantastic idea?”

Rue and Eli’s story has, of course, a happily ever after! But it also contains some serious themes, and I wanted to give you a heads-up so you know what to expect.

“You’re a wild ride, Rue. I’ve never met anyone like you, and never will again.”

“Maybe some people are meant to be tragedies.”

changed her mind mid-shopping,

She was quiet, that silence full of stares and pulled strings simmering between them.

“Hyper-competent. Mysterious. ‘I scored better than you on the quiz, and I could kill you with a pencil’ energy.”

“Maybe. Or maybe some people are too broken. Maybe . . . maybe things have happened in their lives, in their past, that have damaged them so bad, they’re never going to get happy endings with the loves of their lives.” She pulled up her knees
and wrapped her arms around them. “Maybe some people are meant to be tragedies.”

“Maybe. Or maybe some people are too broken. Maybe . . . maybe things have happened in their lives, in their past, that have damaged them so bad, they’re never going to get happy endings with the loves of their lives.”

wanted to give you a heads-up so you know what to expect.