#Leonie is a woman in her 40s, she could be your neighbor. After her divorce, she builds her new life. With neighbor Mandy she has dinner appointments of the good kind: Mandy cooks! Love also comes around the corner again, with all the consequences that this entails..

How many thoughts can you have in a split second? In the hundredth seconds after closing the door, Leonie had wondered if it was one of her children who had come in, while at the same time she realized that she was not in her house, but in Mandy's. But... the door had been open and maybe Julia or Martijn had gone looking for Leonie after they hadn't found her home and when they saw the open door at Mandy... She also knew that their kissing outside could not be seen, Mandy had foil on the kitchen window so you wouldn't go in could watch. Despite this, she was also making up excuses to explain her presence in Mandy's kitchen to her children. And all in a fraction of a second. “The door, it was still open apparently,” said Mandy. She examined Leonie's face. “Gosh, are you so shocked by that?” Leonie stammered and didn't come out of her words. “Yes, apparently”, she could finally release. She chucked with fright. “I saw one of my children come in here and catch us.” Mandy nodded. “I get it. I don't want to make it difficult for you. Otherwise we'll have to stop”, Mandy suddenly seemed a lot smaller than she was normal. Leonie didn't know how quickly she had to react.

“No, I don't want to stop,” she said. “It's just... I don't know how to handle it, if I should tackle it and so I don't do anything. I haven't told anyone about us, well, Ilse then, my best friend. My whole self-image changes, is confused, I just don't know what to do with it.” “Do you know what we do?” Mandy said, “We'll first sit down with a plate of food at the table and then we'll talk about it further.” Mandy added to the word by taking the oven mittens and taking the savory pie out of the oven.

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