Grad student Andrea is mostly self-assured and quite open to whatever the world might bring her way. She's sensible, but she's got a quiet belief in the supernatural and a daytime interest in studying history, and finds herself surprised to be falling head over heels for the older woman she just met. Liz is thrilled to have made a new best friend. Overjoyed with how well they click, how well her son likes Andrea, how much fun they have together, and how easily she can open up, Liz finally considers it might be more. Blissfully in love, Liz relishes in how all this makes her feel, and how it's almost made her forget that high school boyfriend she's been grieving over for a couple decades. But maybe things are too good to be true? A family dinner brings up questions for Liz. Questions that prove difficult to answer, and possible answers that defy logic and reason.

Eternally Yours

“Okay, I’m back,” Lisa’s voice returned in the earbud. “So, you’ve met this white woman that’s a bit older, has a kid, and kisses like no tomorrow, and you’re going on a date with her. Am I all caught up?”


“Um, mostly, yeah. I just wanted to know, like, is it crazy to be feeling like I’m in the middle of some romance movie where everything seems bigger and more important than real life?”


“Maybe, but if it is, will that be the only thing about you that’s a little off?” Ahh, yes, the familiar sibling treatment. Nothing made Andrea feel more normal and mundane than being teased by her big sister.


Their first official date was the next weekend. Liz hadn’t really thought about how she would explain this to Lucas until she mentioned on the way home from summer camp that her best friend Gabriel would be staying with him for the evening while she went out to dinner with Andrea.


“But Andrea likes me hanging around. Why can’t I go with you?”


Chapter 8