rs on the phone with my old university friend, Andrew Hughes. He was a

oing it?" he asked, his voice filled

he papers are ready. L

otos from his phone: him and Sabrina on a private jet, him and Sabrina drinking c

g. He was just a boy playing a part. He

in a cast, my phone rang. It was

rom the party last night. And I need you to go ov

f going home, I took a cab strai

desk was a single document. A partnership agre

?" Andrew asked,

. "Ethereal Des

across my face for the first ti

kind of place Sabrina would have called disgusting. I orde

t, no fried food, no sugar. She said it was for m

erwhelming, so full of forbidden pleasure, that tears welled up in my ey

his face. "You know, for a while ther

A long time ago. But I realized we were never compatible. She

n missed calls f

nthouse one last time to pack my things. The

the living room, her arms cr

inkled her nose. "What is that smell? Is that...

as if I had perso

ve given you, this is how you behave? Caleb wo

her, my expr

t. He' s too busy wearing your dead boyf

didn' t involve me. She was probably going to make him a permanent fixtu

had arrived with one suitcase ten years ago, and I was leaving with one

ted out a simple divorce petition. I signed it, askin

rom Caleb. He and Sabrina were on a yacht, clinking champa

ost l