Loved it! I loved the first person, back and forth, slightly-different-recollections style. Very fun to get both sides like that. And the pacing worked really well.

One quibble, near the end:
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I took a deep breath, and did what I consider to this day to be the bravest thing I’ve ever done. And don’t you forget, I’ve been pushed out of a plane, held hostage, and locked inside a giant safe, to name a few...
I'm not sure that being pushed out of a plane, etc., qualifies as "bravery," since it's not like she did it on purpose. Terrifying, sure. But without the option to be a coward, you can't really call it bravery. IMO. I'd suggest rewording it to be the "scariest" thing she's ever done. When it's terrifying, as this moment is, and when she has the choice to back down, *then* she's being brave.

Totally tiny insignificant point smile This was great!

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K