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'Romance'

'Romance'

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Feb 03, 2025
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Each Monday I share a super-short story with paid subscribers. I’ll be back on Friday with a free-for-everyone post, and thanks to all of you who read, share & support my work here!

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ROMANCE

My parents met at a funeral. My brother married his tattooist. My friend Gus flew to Omaha and came back all agog over a flight attendant.

People get together in all sorts of ways, you know? So I wasn’t surprised when I found My Person in the romance section of a bookstore. It felt like it was meant to be.

She had short curly hair and wore a shirt covered in red roses. On the cover of the book she was holding, there was a photo of two hands grabbing the same shot glass. It was called Second Shot at Love.

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