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Right, she was in love with Teya. Somehow, that made it even easier for Towhee to accept the compliment. It was like a friendly observation, nothing more.

I always heard that if you want to get over someone, you should get under someone else, but don’t ever take relationship advice from me, Towhee said dryly. It does suck, she went on to agree, but you know what? This is so sappy, I don’t think I’ve ever said it to anyone else and I might never repeat it out loud. Losing him sucked ass but I always knew it would happen. And none of that changes the fact that he was the one, Bridget. Maxim was the love of my life. And not everybody gets to have that, so…

She had leaned closer while imparting this secret. Now Towhee straightened up again, shaking out her white-dusted shoulders a bit. She could only nod in agreement with Bridget’s next statement. She couldn’t speak for Teya but being a mother and a grandmother was just as fulfilling, in a slightly different way, of course.

Watch me eat my words, come springtime, Towhee said, managing to grumble and smile at the same time. Because kids really do make your life better. Harder. But… better.

She hadn’t given much thought to her first season sans a mate. It was still a ways off, though it was inevitable that she considered it now. Towhee was pretty sure she was done. But Towhee also knew never to say “never” about any-goddamn-thing.

I assume… do you want kids? I mean, there are ways to have a family that don’t involve, uh, a man and a woman living happily ever after. I mean, you definitely have to do the do but then you can just yeet the man, speaking from experience.