Epiphany

"It just occurred to me that he was a boy! A 40 + year old boy in men's clothing. And, with that, I could let him go. I mean, I want a man. A real man. Not some guy who never chooses to evolve." All this, sparked by a conversation over the phone on an unseasonably warm January afternoon, made her long-standing resistance release, and with a great pleasure, as she moved out into the light.