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It’s a typed e and it’s simple Be my valentine?

I can’t help but smile I want to actually cry because this is so sweet and unexpected I’ve had ie But for some reason, this just feels very special, and that has everything to do with theto let me in on what the card says?" my dad asks curiously

I slip the card back into the little envelope I answer him truthfully "It just says ‘Be le on the end?

I look over at ot an eyebrow arched atas trivial as flowers And I don’t say this often aboutinconsequential about this gift It is with deep longing and sadness that I can’t just tell my dad the truth He’d be so happy that I’m happy

But he’s too much of a realist He would look at et involved with a player

"So who is the hter and why haven’t I met him?" he asks

"I don’t introduce you to everyone I date, Dad"

"That’s true But I’ve never seen you react like that, so I’uy is pretty special," he says with a pointed look

"React like what?" I ask defensively, because surely I’ that happened to you today, and not the fact you just approved so to ot all that by watchingright now These flowers…the fact that Ryker was thinking ofto happen to me today

I place the card on my desk and sit in my desk chair I level my dad with a smile, but I’m firm when I say, "This relationship is very new, and it’s complicated We’re sort of like on opposite ends of the spectru-term potential"

As I say those words, they hurt deeply, because while Itruthful Our careers are what stands in our way