EVELYN
I don’t know why these tears wouldn’t stop coming. My throat felt tight and no matter how much I blinked, the hot sting behind my eyes refused to fade. I felt so helpless without him.
Dave was gone. My sweet sexual brother.
I kept telling myself I’d be fine, that I didn’t need him, that life would go on the way it always did. But my body refused to listen. It curled into itself, my chest aching with an emptiness I didn’t know how to fill. The tattoos on me looked like they gree bigger. The room felt colder, the silence too loud. I had convinced myself that love wasn’t supposed to feel like this since I didn't only chase him away, I also insulted him, so it was normal. But the truth? The truth was that I had wanted him to stay.
And now, I was left with nothing but the hollow space he used to occupy.
Then, my phone vibrated.
For a moment, I just stared at it, my hands shaking as I reached for the device. It was Mike.
Please let's meet up by 5:00 PM.
I let out a dry laugh, shakin
