(five)
She dumped him on the twelfth day of the eight month, just twenty-two days shy of his 18th birthday. They'd both graduated that morning, although from different schools, so Colin's and Katherine's parents, who were friends for 11 months and eight days, took them out to a celebrity lunch.
With all the nasty back-and-forth, Colin fought the urge to ask Katherine whether she loved him, because the only thing she hated more than his saying she didn't understand was his asking whether she still loved him. He fought the urge and fought it and fought it and fought it. For seven years.
"Can sushi be anagrammed?" she asked.
"Is ush?" he answered in seven seconds.
"Usher is not an anagram of sushi; they are five letters." she said.
"No. I didn't say usher. There are others, like 'Uh, sis' but they aren't as easy to hear."