He Thinks I’m Someone Else And I Let Him

WESTLEY Thirty years. Thirty years since I walked into that coffee shop. Thirty years since my life changed forever. I’m […]

LUCIA Hope is sixteen. Dating. She brings home a boy named Tyler. West interrogates him. Literally interrogates. “Dad!” Hope protests.

WESTLEY Ten years. Ten years since I walked into that coffee shop. Ten years since I saw “Carmen” behind the

LUCIA Newborn life is chaos. No sleep. Constant feedings. Diapers everywhere. “I haven’t showered in three days,” I tell Paloma.

LUCIA I’m late. Two weeks late. I stare at the pregnancy test in my hand. Three minutes feels like three

WESTLEY We honeymoon in Maui. Two weeks of beach. Sun. Each other. “I could stay here forever,” Lucia says. We’re

LUCIA I wake up on my wedding day. Paloma’s guest room. Carmen sleeping in the bed next to mine. “Today’s

LUCIA Wedding planning is chaos. “Small and intimate,” I say. “Big and traditional,” West’s mom says. “Destination wedding!” Paloma suggests.

WESTLEY I want to marry her. The thought hits me while she’s making breakfast. She’s in my t-shirt. Hair messy.

LUCIA Moving in together should be exciting. And it is. But it’s also terrifying. “You’re overthinking it,” Paloma says, helping