Awww! Lovely sequel, Chris! I especially like Lois's honesty about Lex and the way she tells him that his keeping her secrets meant a lot to her.
This, too, is very insightful:
Me? My instinct has always been to run away from it. For me, love was something to dream about, to watch in romantic dramas and read about in novels. It was an escapist fiction, not something that happened to real people. It didn’t happen to my parents. Their marriage certainly wasn’t a happy-ever-after; it was more like a war zone. It didn’t happen to them, and, to be honest, I never expected it to happen to me.
I don’t think I wanted it to happen to me, either. Oh, sure, I experimented with a few relationships, but look how they all turned out! A college guy who slept with my best friend, a colleague who stole my story, and a sociopathic megalomaniac who… Where to even begin with Lex!
And the more relationships I had, the more they reinforced my view that love and I just weren’t made for each other.
Maybe that’s why it took me so long to fall in love with you. At first I didn’t even realise that was what I was doing. Heck, I had no frame of reference for the feelings I had for you! All I knew was that I liked you and I trusted you, almost instinctively.
Welcome back! And may we see lots more from you!
Wendy
