My Best Friend Never Grew Past Age Eight, and No One Believed He’d Find Love — But I Did

finished an online computer science degree while working for a software company.

We still spoke often, but not every day.

Weekly calls became monthly ones.

I dated.

He dated a little too, though none of those relationships lasted.

At 26, I got engaged to a man named Evan.

Noah congratulated me without hesitation.

He never mentioned the pact.

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