He’s up to something or hiding something from me more to the point. It’s amazing how easily I’d slipped back into the relationship norms. It wasn’t exactly like before, but there are some things that cannot be changed when you know a person almost as well as you know yourself.

The changes I see in Ryder are amazing, no doubt, but there’s no mistaking what I feel. Because he’s been trying so hard, I’m trying my best not to go off the rails and start suspecting him right ...