Are you crazy?” Helen’s kind face was shocked. “You’re actually thinking about saying no to this guy? Why?”
Sarah glanced over at Noah, but he was absorbed in eating his lunch.
“Because I’m not sure that agreeing to a relationship that’s on a clock, right from the word go, is the best idea.”
“What’s the alternative?” Helen asked. “No relationship at all?”
“Well…”
“Sarah, all relationships are on a clock. Don’t you get that? When two people start dating, they either end up staying together until one of them dies, or they break up, and nobody knows which one will happen at the beginning. All that’s before we consider things like illness and accidents and cheating and divorces and people moving for jobs. I mean, God… any man who showed up in your life would be on a clock, one way or anot
