Elizabeth has always held a place in her heart for Jack — the one who got away. But when her daughter reveals that she is dating someone, someone with the same quirks as Jack, she grows increasingly paranoid. Would her daughter date someone her father’s age? Is a coincidence just a coincidence? In the quiet aftermath of the day, as Susan and I recovered from our Sunday dinner, I did the dishes, ready for the nap that was calling out my name. But, of course, that was the time my daughter decided to have a heart-to-heart in the kitchen. She lived two hours away, but she occasionally came home for the weekend — just for us to catch up and spend time together. “Mom,” she said,
bringing in the final dirty dishes from the table. “You know I’ve been seeing someone new?” “Yes!” I said. “What about him?” I always wanted to know what was going on in Susan’s life — but she was very tight-lipped about her romantic life. My daughter was twenty-four and still believed that oversharing with her mother wasn’t cool. So, whenever she wanted to talk — I was all ears. Except, this time, I wasn’t expecting the conversation to take such a turn. “Jack,” she said, reminding me of his name. “He’s pretty quirky, you know. But I guess I see it like that because of the age difference,
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