If Nora bailed too, I'd literally have no one to vent to.

Yeah, I get it - life's just this endless shuffle of people coming and going - friends, family, relationships. But I wasn't ready for Nora to be one of those people who fades out.

"Not like that," she said, catching my worried look. "Just need more me-time. They bench me whenever they feel like it, bring me back when it's convenient. What am I, their backup plan?" She rolled her eyes, cracking me ...