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

Liz nodded. “It was rough. For a while there nothing seemed real. And I wanted nothing more than to talk to either of them when I married Kevin and while I was pregnant with Luc. I just wanted their advice or support. As time’s gone by, I guess I’ve adapted more. Most of the time they seem like memories from another life, then something hits me and I’m sobbing again. Grief is weird.”


Andrea was struck with that odd familiarity again as she mumbled back, “Grief isweird.” She held Liz close, her mind scattered, thinking about those moments of déjà vu and her empathy for all Liz had gone through. She was feeling extra grateful that she still had both parents and even a couple grandparents, that she had yet to experience this level of grief. They sat there quietly for a few more minutes, Andrea trying to focus on the joy and contentment of holding Liz in her arms, all while her mind was bouncing around these deep topics against her will.


Chapter 16