Theresa took me to lunch all the time, but when she took me to Nobu on an ordinary Wednesday, I knew she was either trying to comfort me, asking me for a favour, or both. “What are your plans for the weekend, Lee?” “Oh you know, the same old miserable moping around, and waiting for [...]
I could hardly blame Nathalie for falling for Anna. She was gorgeous. That’s not what I saw that night at the pub, of course. But after a week or so, when my sense of pride had deflated, and I realised I was hurting way more over my imminent break-up with Katy, I thought I could [...]
Oh Katy, with her big brown eyes and irresistible smile, her great charm and her deep complexity. She left me that day, at least emotionally. Something had changed. Seeing me with Nathalie triggered a secret pain inside of her, and after that, she just checked out of the relationship, like she wasn’t there anymore. We [...]
“Hi Lee. How are you?” “Nathalie… Why? What are you doing here? Who gave you my address?” “Theresa told me where you lived. Please, don’t be angry with her. I had to use my many powers of persuasion.” “Why are you in London?” “I left him, Lee. I left Peter.” “What? You did?” “I couldn’t [...]
My affair with Katy started very ironically. She claimed to be straight emotionally, but not physically, as in falling in love with guys but feeling more sexually attracted to girls. I chose not to listen too carefully whenever the conversation went down that road, as long as she stuck with me. And she did stick [...]