Japheth I still wanted to keep Regina all to myself. I could have been happy with her twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for all eternity. When I was with her, I felt utterly complete. She was everything; a best friend and a lover all rolled up into one beautiful, sexy package. For the longest time, I assumed that she felt the same. That I fulfilled her every social need. It was actually only recently that I’d learned otherwise, after watching my cousin court his now-wife. Unbeknownst to them, Garth and Mercedes had modeled what a healthy relationship should look like. It was very clear that they loved each other, that they were one-hundred percent devoted to each other’s happiness. But that didn’t stop Garth from going to his bowling league on Thursday nights, or Merci