Contractually His
“I told myself that
was the whole story, that whatever came after would simply be two years of careful
management until I could return to my own life. I didn’t know then that you were about to
become my own life the truest, best part of it. You taught me that vulnerability isn’t the
same as vulnerability to betrayal, and I’ve never trusted anyone the way I trust you now.
Whatever this year taught either of us, I choose you too, Julian. Today, and every ordinaryday after this one.”
When Richard finally, tearfully, pronounced them married for the second time, the kiss that
followed carried none of the careful restraint from their first ceremony unguarded,
certain, two people fully choosing eac