The love she felt for Mason was completely unexpected and nothing like what her past experiences had told her to expect from love. Love to her had always meant obligation and guilt and heaviness of burdens that she had to carry on the other’s behalf. This love, what she was experiencing now, was light and freeing and filled her with hope and joy.

Cue the singing birds.

Lisa giggled to herself as she sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed. She looked down at the ...