When everything almost fell apart
Years later, when life finally felt stable, I met someone.
She was smart, driven, easy to be around. For the first time in a long time, I allowed myself to imagine a future that included more than just the two of us.
I thought I could have both.
I was wrong.
One night, she came over acting different. Tense. Distant. She didn’t sit down. Didn’t even take off her coat.
She just handed me her phone.
“There’s something you need to see,” she said.
It was a video.
And according to her… Avery had done something serious.
The moment everything stopped
For a second, I didn’t recognize what I was feeling.
It wasn’t anger.
