Chapter 35

KRISTEN Yes, something happened... something I never envisaged... I smiled at Edith. "How do you know that something happened?" "People don't just shut love away like this. Something must have happened." I had no idea I had finished my food until I dug into the plate and lifted an empty spoon. I let the spoon go. "And how do you know I shut love away?" I asked. Am I a glass fence? "Kristen, I'm not a baby, you know. I hear and see things. It's clear that you push people women away when you learn that they love you," she said like a professional, giving me her utmost attention. "Who told you that?" I exhaled, trying not to let my emotions show on my face. "I knew something was wrong after I heard that you only go after women for sex, and even at that, you don't indulge in strings of any form," she said without any emotion on her face. I must be the town's topic of discussion! Dija heard; Edith heard too. Wow! "High school wasn't pretty. I—We: My sister and I—had a father that didn't giv