e softer than before. "You' ve been h

It' s not just a colleague showing concern

ff his scrubs and washes his hands, the movements

ghost trailing

ries, fading like old photographs. He drives his sleek black car to a high-rise a

nt. Or maybe, the

ouse was cozy, filled with books and warm colors. This place is

I see the

bookshelf is filled with first editions of my favorite authors. The art on the wall

like he tried to build a new life with

is a fresh w

hanged out of the red dress and into silk pajamas. She looks

e life that shou

countless salads I ate, the hours I spent at the gym, trying to maintain the figure Etha

all for

nd smiles when

ive drawl. She glides over to him and wraps her

ting her kiss him. He sounds tire

et all about it," she whisp

ive and confident. She is everything I wasn' t.

feeling like

two still pools of water, side-by-side but never mixing. Olivia

comfortable mistake. He an

tragedy. But maybe it was also a release. For both of us. He' s f

suffering had a purpose. M

t. I think I can

, his phone buzzes on the

im with a slight frown a

friend of your wife' s again. Cl

, her thumb hovering o

ed with a cruel, mocking tone. "Your wife i

cting him to agree, to

newfound peace shatters i