I froze up, my mind going a million miles an hour, but didn't turn around. All I could get out was a scratchy "Maybe."

Couldn't give him a straight answer.

For like forever, Richard was my whole idea of love. Hard to picture falling for anybody else.

Plus, after crashing and burning this bad once, not sure I got it in me to jump back in.

But life's a long road, and nobody's got tomorrow figured out.

Richard made this nasty ...