Graham:
Seeing Baxter in her suite with the couch unmade as if he had gotten too comfortable, I felt the same jealousy I used to feel back when Madeline was friends with me.
I remembered how much it annoyed me that others always took up her time.
There were moments when I wanted to ask her, ‘Why can’t it just be the two of us? Why do you have to spend so much time with others?’
But I never asked, and she never noticed.
Now that we are grown, I wonder what would have happened if I had asked her to choose back then.
I shook my head and looked at Baxter, who had asked me a question and was waiting for my response.
“Your feelings? What do you mean by your feelings?” Baxter asked in a sharp, almost mocking tone.
“Baxter, I’ll talk to her about it. But since you’re so curious, I’ll just
