“I met a guy,” Ella said. “A really great guy.”
“Did you now?” Elizabeth said. “That’s news. It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it?”
“Yes it has. But the moment we were introduced, it just felt right. Instant connection.”
“What’s his name?”
“Max.”
“And how did you meet Max?”
“I met him at a friend’s house. We clicked immediately, we talked for hours that first night.”
“And when was this?”
“A week-and-a-half ago. Then the next day he called to ask me out and we talked for a few more hours. Everyday since. I’ve never felt so close to someone this fast. It seems so natural, it’s scary.”
Elizabeth had been Ella’s therapist for a number of years. The sessions began after Ella lost her mother, to whom she was very close, as a teenager. The sessions helped her through her grief. Then several years later her father got remarried to a much younger woman, which was another major adjustment, and then less than two years after that he dropped dead of a heart attack. Ella had leaned on Elizabeth through all of it.
“So,” Elizabeth continued. “Go on.”
“We’ve talked constantly. I’ve never been able to talk to a man like this. It’s like a drug, something I didn’t think was possible. We’ve only had one real date since we first met.”
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