Crossroads — 2026-03-09 (Patreon)

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Chapter 33: IF THE FRY FITS… by Izzy Duffy

If you’ve been reading about things at Crossroads Apartments, you know the last month was pretty crazy. Kent and I helped where we could, but otherwise just tried to keep our heads low.

Kent and Merritt sit and talk together a lot in the mornings. I live with Addison, so you can guess that if she’s awake, we’re chatting about something. Now that Shay has moved in (by the name of Mara Voss), she and I spend a lot of time talking, too.

I tell you that so you don’t think we’re holed up somewhere being lonely. Of course, Kent and I spend a lot of time with each other, like today.

Lunch talk was pretty much (as we say in mental health) unremarkable until he took my hand and slipped a French fry on it. I camped it up, of course.

“You shouldn’t have! Oh my!”

He laughed and I fed the fry to him, then he sort of waxed serious.

“Shouldn’t have or should have by now?”

I smiled. “Well, let’s see… We’ve known each other ever since I got to New York back in 2024. We’ve been dating since… call it October 2025. You got any complaints?”

He shook his head. “Not a one.”

“Neither do I.”

He smiled again. “So maybe it’s time. You’re pushing thirty…”

I interrupted. “Hang on now! Twenty-seven in April is definitely not pushing thirty! And look who’s talking, Mr. Twenty-eight.”

“Okay, so we’re at a good age to call it forever, then? Right?”

“We’re not getting younger. We’ve got ourselves stable. When you ask, I’ll probably say yes.”

“Probably?” Kent pretended to be upset.

“You shouldn’t have eaten my ring.”

We did quit goofing around and said we ought to spend some serious time in prayer about it. Leave the topic alone for two weeks and then revisit.

Now, let’s be perfectly clear. Agreeing that we should get engaged is not the same as getting engaged. We talked about what happens if, and thought maybe a six month engagement seemed like a good idea.

Also, Paul and Rebecca need to hurry up and PICK A DATE! Sheesh!

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