Page 203 of Forget Me Not: A Lesbian Romance

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can.”

“But if you do it for me and it doesn’t end up working

out-”

“It will work. And if, on the super slim, very tiny, almost

impossible chance that it doesn’t, then I’ll have had this new

experience. If you’re extremely worried about it, I can just rent

my place out instead of selling it. That way, I’ll still have it. I

don’t need to do that for me, but if you want me to, I can. If I

sold it, it wouldn’t be a big deal to find something else. Not

that I would have to. I just want- I want you to know that it’s

not a big deal for me. Leaving my parents would be the

hardest, but they’d be fine with me flying back for holidays

and video chatting and calling them the rest of the time. They

know that I’m a grown woman and that means having my own

life, even if it’s away from them. Plus, I’d have your family

here. I know that my parents would be comfortable coming

here for visits too.”

“But your job. You love your job.”

“I do love my job. I couldn’t get a transfer, but that’s okay.

I’d find something else that I loved just as much, even if it

took a while and I had to work at something I didn’t like as

much in the meantime. That’s fine with me.”

“But that’s a lot. It’s a lot of change.”

“I know it is. If you mean it’s too soon, then I kind of

know that too. Which is why I’d get my own apartment. I

don’t want to push you or rush you into anything. For me, it

feels like it’s actually not soon at all because we had- we had

all those years together before. We have this foundation and

then there was this huge gap in my life without you. I don’t

want to make it sound like I’m desperate to try and make up

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