Page 60 of The Matchmaker Club
T: You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I understand.
L: No.
T: Why?
L: Because when I lose trust with someone, it’s over… in both my business and personal affairs.
T: One and done?
L: One and done.
T: You have never forgiven anyone for a mistake?
L: I’ve forgiven plenty, but that doesn’t mean I have to place my trust in them. It’s like the saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
T: Fair enough.
L: What about you?
T: I don’t know. I think sometimes people can change, and what if I’m missing out on something special because I’m still living in the past?
L: Do you still love him?
T: I don’t know what I feel for him. I do miss what I felt that summer we had together.
L: Maybe it’s the feeling of being in love that you miss, not him. And he reminds you of what being in love felt like.
I absorbed his words, remembering how it had felt to be in Lucas’s arms behind the shed. Was that feeling for Lucas himself, or just because I was missing being in a man’s embrace?
T: I think you’ll be great at this Matchmaker thing.
L: You do?
T: I do.
We went on for another two hours texting about everything and nothing. His favorite color was the blue of a twilight sky. He couldn’t pick a favorite song but rambled off many. So did I. Just like me, he had a vast taste in music—although his extended to opera, and I’d never gotten into that.
He texted again.
L: What love song gets you right in the heart?
T: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.
L: Why?
T: Because when you’re young, that’s what being in love feels like. Nothing else matters.
He didn’t respond, and I sent another text.
T: What love song gets you right in the heart?
L: Maybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartney.
T: Why?
L: The lyrics. He’s in love and confused at how powerful it is. He’s trying to be in control, but he’s helpless… and it scares him that she may be the only one with the cure.
T: I love that song.
