She deliberately curled up at his feet, perching her chin against his knee. “There’s some detail lacking there. It’s not okay to tell who you are missing? Or there is something particular about this person?”
“I would prefer not to go into details,” he says as he looks down at her. “I find that… I am hesitant to go into depth about my situation. And it is not as if this person has disappeared altogether, I am very aware of where they are and why I am unable to reach them. It is just that the more I see the others happy with those they love, the more I find myself wishing for them.”
“Will this person come back?” Summer made her voice as sympathetic as she could. “It would be very rough if you expected to deal with this ‘forever’.” She made finger-quotes. “You have other people that you care about, just not that way, right?”