brian.andreas.

"I have too much to lose, she said, if I cross that line. Like what? I said. She could not think of anything that day so she said she'd get back to me. Since then I've been thinking what I would lose if I cross my line & I haven't come up with anything either. There's always another line somewhere."

"I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot. It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone."

"Torn between wanting to stay & wanting to go & worried it will be the wrong decision either way."

"Leaning out as far as she can, hoping she'll fall soon, so she can stop worrying about whether it will happen or not. "