Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I would regret it – regret my fearlessly forward–rushing youth.

Realizing this, I decided to fulfill some unfinished dreams before falling off the cliff.

From bedroom to kitchen to living room, I traced our familiar paths, slowly erasing traces of our

existence.

But this rental apartment held too many memories and too much love.

The evening sun slanting into the bedroom, the warm light swaying, his endless strength devoted entirely to loving me.

Running home laughing through snowy nights, urgently pushing open the door, then kissing against it

until breathless.

Splitting a watermelon in two but fighting with spoons over one half, getting tipsy on $12 cocktails, me cupping his face with tiny kisses until I nestled into his arms as we fell onto the sofa, feeling his chest vibrate with laughter.

In this moment, I decided to let memories stay memories.

The lock turned. I looked back to see a stranger named Alex in the doorway.

Though he looked at me as he had thousands of times before, I knew–this wasn’t him.

crouched beside me, looking at my suitcase: “Business trip?”

my head: “Just clearing out some useless things,

a $50 jacket, $20 pants, only his underwear was pricier since I insisted on quality basics, $39 a

life, his greatest hardship

when bored.

lowering his living standards but laboriously crafting lies.

I

being a liar, my boyfriend was handsome, well–built,

try on wedding dresses with me

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lamplight seemed frosted with silver, beautiful even when

marriage, I’m still… isn’t

trying them on, doesn’t mean we have to get married. What are you

it was the first time I’d mentioned not getting married so

indifferent.

momentarily, pulling me into his arms teasingly: “Are you

finished yet. No one knows how it

for each other. Maybe my future

“Shut up. I’ll

throwing myself into his arms ecstatically like before, I just kept packing.

messaged asking why I kept asking about him.

“Even if you’re looking to cheat, at least pick someone in your league. Why keep asking about him? He was in Milan picking wedding dresses

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