No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Susie's eyes were a whirlpool of panic, and then she shook her head again, as if that had become her default response.

I was puzzled. "If he didn't touch you, didn't kiss you, where do you get the idea that he loves you?"

Susie blushed and looked down, saying, "Well, he... he almost kissed me once."

"Almost?" I pondered about Mack, "Was he drinking?"

Alcohol has a way of messing with men's heads, making them see past loves in the faces before them.

This time, Susie didn't shake her head but nodded slightly before confessing, "Last week, he was down in the dumps, drowning his sorrows. I asked him what was wrong, and he told me his favorite teacher had passed away, been gone for a hundred days. He said he missed her so much, and then... he looked at me, and he tried to kiss me..."

That's when it hit me that Judie had been gone from this world for a hundred days.

Mack's beloved teacher was Judie, and in that moment, he must have seen her in Susie.

Considering Judie, a girl who looked a bit like me, made my heart heavy. Looking at Susie, who bore no resemblance to Judie, I wondered how Mack could mistake her for Judie.

It must have been the alcohol.

what stopped him? Did you push him away, or did he...

deeper blush on Susie's face, "He stopped himself, then apologized to

he likes you because of that?" I couldn't help feeling that Susie's idea of romance

that. He's been really nice to me, everyone at the library thinks we're dating. They

or talking to me, he gets upset. Clearly, he's jealous," Susie listed

she was telling the truth. Anyone in her situation

did have some explaining to do, but

right? Didn't you ever wonder why he's so hung

you suggesting he was in love with his

was about to agree

head, "That can't be

to be

in love with

Content

still stuck in the notion

young and beautiful professors at the university," I paused, weighing whether to lay out the truth for her now or let her find out

professor was a young, beautiful woman?" Susie grasped my