Re: Quin and Gen
It might have felt creepier to her if Coop hadn't given her a head's up that he was in the area, even if she thought he might not have planned to. He had to have known how angry she would have been if she'd run into him without knowing. At least this way, she'd been somewhat prepared for the possibility.
"I think she does, and I think she wanted him to come, not just for me." Because the truth was that her family had always loved Coop, and her mum had taken a particular shine to him, probably having something to do with him having lost his own mother. "I am, but... none of them really understood why I turned his proposal down," she explained. "They didn't see the problems we had." But, then again, Coop hadn't seemed to see them either, or at least not see them as serious. It was why she'd had to walk away, even though it had killed her to do it.
She winced at Quin's gentle yet astute counter. "I... I think when you love someone the way I loved Coop, those feelings never completely go away. A part of me will probably always love him." It felt like a safe enough statement to make. She wasn't saying she was in love with him still, after all. "And I do miss the good times with him." Perhaps a less safe admission, but an honest one nevertheless.