The Pendulum
Yesterday Leslie received a note from Nova. It seems Nova felt she was falling in love with Leslie, and even came to resent me. She liked us both equally for a long time but then lost that delicate balance. The pendulum struck yet again. This is why she withdrew. At least now we know what happened.
It surprised me that I didn’t have a stronger reaction to the news. I suppose it’s because I enjoyed Nova’s company but never developed any sort of romantic attachment. Perhaps this is why she went cold on me, although I saw no signs of trouble until we’d already stopped seeing each other regularly. Unless we’d all grown closer there was no way Nova could have gotten what she wanted from Les.
It’s rare for me to feel that I’m falling for someone. I’ve had my infatuations over the years, but nothing else registers next to Leslie’s splendor. This is why Leslie and I can do what we do—we trust each other absolutely. She is my world. The other night I told Layla Les and I are, as much as anyone can be, two halves of the same person.
This leaves me with a question, probably the question: if we met a woman who fell for us both, and if we both felt the same way about her—if, for once, the pendulum came to rest in the middle—what would we all do? That’s a lot of ifs, of course, but I wonder…
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