Make Me Whole

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I had a perfect life. Schoolteacher. Married to my high school sweetheart. Little starter house that we called charming but was really just old. All I needed was the two-point-five kids and I'd be living my perfect dream. Then my husband died.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After the funeral I had a breakdown that lasted for a month...or twelve. But now I'm reemerging healing finding my way. It's time to learn who I am now and whether or not I can fix a leaky sink. And by my side the entire time is my husband's best friend Liam. The single dad knows a thing or two about personal struggles and about how to replace faucets.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With Liam I feel alive again. Confident. Capable. Liam has become my best friend too. Except if my parents my in-laws and the rest of the town had any say I'd stay far away from him and his bad boy reputation.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How do I admit to them what's so hard to admit to myself? That I'm starting to look at him like he's more than a friend. That the heat in his eyes when he looks at me is far beyond friendly. That like it or not Liam makes me feel whole again.</span></p><p><br></p>