Moving Forward Before Looking Back
Hope #19 — He was the last thing I was looking for yet everything I needed
Author Note: Hope is doing so well. She prioritised self-healing before checking out a guy at the coffee shop. So many of us veer into a rebound relationship when a volatile one ends. Not finding time to love ourselves before we move on to another. Of course, it will be a disaster. But this is fiction, so I am optimistic for Hope…
Recap: Escaping her life and family, our narrator has started a new one in a metropolis, where she can learn to be herself. Hope spots an attractive guy reading the same book as her. They hit it off…
He was the last thing I was looking for yet everything I needed:
Meeting Luke marked the start of a new chapter. His effortless charm made him easy to be around. It wasn’t a matter of him completing me; that smacks of dependency. But with a glance and a few exchanged words, I could express so much. He read my thoughts — verbalised my unspoken feelings with confidence.
We didn’t talk about being together. It happened naturally. We folded and fitted. In every way. It seemed as if I’d always loved him.
Not wanting to extinguish our flame, but believing in truth, I knew soon I’d need to shine a light on my past.
Author Note again… I am thinking we must be nearing completion, but I for one can’t end until some important matters about her past have been resolved. That is interesting as I wonder — can anyone really escape their past?
Debdutta Pal will continue next Thursday.
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I don't like the completing (better half/ other half) business. It makes me feel like we're incomplete. But good love makes us better...gives us the platform to be better. So much better.
I'm hopeful for Hope. Something about them just feels right.