“Well, my name is Ollie Quinn, I’m a broadcast journalist. I love my job, it’s something I have wanted to do since I was younger. I have an amazing family; my girls are 35, 5 and one and a half. They’re the loves of my life and I don’t know what I would do without them to come home to.”

“Tell me more about your children,” Jin asked.

“Sophie is 5, Samantha is just about to turn 2. Sophie was adopted and Samantha’s mother is my wife. We had her together just about six months after we got together.”

“That sounds like a handful, how do you cope with parenting two young children?”

“I would say that life is never boring, but I think it takes a lot of shared responsibility, especially since the both of us are working. We’re lucky to have the support of our families, and a lot of the time, my mother baby-sits the kids for us. We have a rule at home that no matter how busy we are, family dinner is a must. Weekends are strictly family time, unless there is a work emergency. Working in the journalism industry can be unpredictable, but my wife understands.”

“Your wife sounds like an amazing woman, tell me how you met.”

“It’s a complicated story. She was actually my best friend’s long-time girlfriend.”

“Wow, and how did that work out?”

“Well, they were having problems with their relationship for a long time. They had different goals and because of their very unpredictable careers, which caused even more of a strain on their relationship. My wife wanted to start a family and was looking for stability, but my best friend never quite knew what she really wanted with her life. Although they loved each other deeply, their relationship had become more destructive than anything else, I guess after being with someone for a long period of time, both parties need to make the effort to keep the relationship going. You have to make sure that you keep falling in love with the same person.”

Ollie took a sip of her latte before she continued.

“I was close to the both of them, and I guess because of their problems and my close relationship with my best friend, it was only natural that my now-wife, turned to me for comfort. I never intended to fall in love with her, but over time, I did. She is an amazing woman, beautiful and bright. I never expected her to fall in love with me. It was a wonderful yet frightening surprise. We didn’t know how to tell my best friend about it. It took us a while before we found the courage to tell her. It was a crazy messy situation we were in, and my best friend was so upset with me that I feared that I would lose her friendship. My best friend and I go way back, so it was incredibly hard on me.”