Chapter 171

• For some reason, I felt I couldn't just ignore what had happened. Although she tried to force a smile, I knew that inside, Lorraine was completely devastated.
• "Can we talk alone for a moment?" I asked. She nodded affirmatively and accompanied me to the garden. We distanced ourselves a little and sat facing each other on the lounge chairs near the pool at the back of the establishment. We stared at the starry sky together as I gathered the courage to say what was on my mind.
• "I know what you're going through, Lorraine. I know what it's like to be rejected. Lohan wasn't my soul mate," I told her. I wanted to comfort her heart somehow, to show her that there was a way out after rejection. "My true soul mate rejected me for another woman."