The Right Love

move and managed a smile.

"Looks like we're a fine pair, girl. Let's just have the beer and

try again some other time."

Feeling both relieved and rejected in that moment Mckenzie nodded

and played with the brew until Donna finished. The other woman grabbed

hers

away to swallow it down in a few long swigs, throat working against the

liquid.

"We can get a coffee or something next time. I'll see you tomorrow."

Donna shoved up from the seat and nodded, then took her leave.

McKenzie found herself staring dumbly after Donna's lumbering form

before standing to walk back to her present residence. At least her mind

had

been taken off her own stuff, even for a few minutes. Maybe she would

survive

after all, and not just mark time. Probably just needed to keep her head

down

and keep busy and think about the fact other people had tough times too.

After

all, that's what she'd been studying for, studying to become and do before

all

this. To help others with their tough times as a social worker. After this

realization, she decided she liked herself a bit better and that he existed in

another time and place in a universe far, far away. She'd also been in

school

long enough to know what denial was, and how powerful it could be. But if

denial saved her she would savor it like a drug.