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

“Thank you.” Liz came in and set her purse and a cloth tote bag next to the couch. Something in the way she handled that bag made Andrea wonder what was in it. Liz reached in and pulled out a familiar envelope. Andrea saw her handwriting on the front of it as Liz turned back toward her. “I got your letter,” she looked down at it, and back at Andrea. Her eyes looked greener than usual as they watered up a little. Andrea had no clue what to do, since she hadn’t expected a response from Liz, much less an unannounced visit.


“I’d like to talk?” Liz said, with a smile.


That damned, distracting smileAndrea thought.


“Of course. God, I, okay, can I get you a drink? I think I could use a glass of wine right now.”


“Yes, please!” She laughed, and suddenly Andrea felt better, like the tension was gone. She found herself filling up with hope she hadn’t dared feel since leaving Liz’s house that awful evening.


Chapter 22