It was weeks before we fully settled into our new home. I found a private school for the twins, and they started going. 

" Hello?" David hollered, entering the living room. 

" Hey," I smiled, and he kissed my cheek in greeting. 

David has been a good friend of mine. He wanted to be more than that, but I refused him. I wasn't ready for a relationship, and he accepted that.

 Nevertheless, he brought it up again in the last six months and is determined this time, so I told him I'd consider ...