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

“Yeah, just zoned out a little,” Andrea replied as she shook her head in an attempt to clear that strange feeling and bring herself more fully to the present. She smiled at Liz as she moved forward and placed her ball in the cutout of the bright green Astroturf. She couldn’t place her finger on why these flashes of déjà vu were so distracting, or so frequent, but she was determined to put it out of her mind and think about it later. She surveyed the green slopes and fake boulders that would impede her chances of a hole-in-one, took careful aim, and smacked her ball right into one of those boulders, causing it to bounce comically into the air, over the brick border, and into the midst of the bushes lining the walk. Andrea caught a quick glimpse of Liz trying to look sympathetic, but burst into laughter before Liz could say anything, and then they were both giggling.


Chapter 12