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A year later, I was transferred to Northbrook.Before I left, Janet went ahead to get the new place ready.I arrived at the train station alone, pulling my suitcase behind me.Twenty minutes before departure, someone called my name from behind.Evan stood among the crowd.He was thinner, his features calmer than before.In his arms was an old cardboard box."I came to return these."Inside was the sweater Janet had knitted.After the building manager had taken the clothes away, Evan spent a long time tracking them down.The cleaning lady had kept the sweater, but the cuffs were fraying.He had it repaired, then cleaned it until it was spotless.Underneath was the blue-gray scarf.The one I had knitted for him.Nicole's hair clip was gone."These always belonged to you."He held the box out.I took it."Thank you."The PA announced boarding.Evan walked with me toward the gate.He kept half a step behind."I heard you're taking over six stores in Northbrook.""Mm-hmm.""Congratulations.
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After Evan went back to Ashford, six months passed without a word from him.No more breakfast at the door.No more umbrellas, either.He did exactly what he said he would and stepped out of my life.The store was running smoothly. I was promoted to district manager and began planning a second location.Janet moved to Bayshore, learned to take the subway, and made plenty of new friends.She asked about Evan sometimes."You're really not going back to him?"I rinsed the vegetables she was preparing for a salad and shook my head with a smile."Mom, missing someone and being right for each other are two different things."In the winter, Diane came to see me alone.She didn't bring a gift, and she didn't try to talk me into getting back together."Mia, I underestimated you.""I favored Nicole not because she was better than you, but because I thought she could do more for Evan's career."She kept her head down."It took me a while to learn that you can't choose the people in your life solel
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On the day of the grand opening, a storm hit Bayshore.The event canopy shook in the wind, and the temporary wiring failed.Customers were jammed at the entrance, and the suppliers still hadn't shown.Someone at headquarters suggested postponing.I looked at the line of people waiting."We're not postponing."The staff split up and got to work.Some took down the outdoor displays, some directed foot traffic, and some arranged backup deliveries.I kicked off my heels and waded through the puddles carrying boxes.Half an hour later, the backup generator was up and running.The first shipment arrived just before the doors opened.When the glass doors rolled up, the crowd poured in.Applause broke out inside the store.Mr. Walsh clapped me on the shoulder."This store is in good hands."I didn't notice Evan was there until the afternoon.He was wearing a plain raincoat, unloading boxes alongside the delivery crew, his pants caked with mud.He hadn't come to find me.He hadn't mentioned our
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The next day, a long post appeared online.The headline read:"Founder of Newly Public Company Pushes Out Female Partner to Appease Ex-Girlfriend."Nicole portrayed herself as the victim who had built the company with Evan from the ground up.I was cast as the woman pulling strings behind the scenes, forcing him to punish the very person who had helped build his success.The article didn't use my name, but described my workplace in enough detail for anyone to find it.Soon, people showed up at the store to film.Others pointed and whispered about me.Some threw wadded-up paper at the register.Mr. Walsh called me into his office."Headquarters trusts you, but if the backlash keeps building, we might have to push back the grand opening."This was the first new store I had been put in charge of in Bayshore.Two months of preparation. Every employee was counting on opening day.Nicole knew the fastest way to hurt me wasn't by taking Evan.It was by destroying the new life I had fought so
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Evan stayed in Bayshore.Every morning at seven, he left a breakfast by the store entrance.I never took it.He gave it to the street-cleaning crew nearby instead and never pressured me.On rainy days, he left an umbrella at the register.I put it in the lost and found.He didn't ask about it.In the past, I had been the one chasing him, terrified of silence.Now he was the silent one.A week later, his stomach problems flared up.When I spotted him outside the stockroom, he was leaning against the wall, sweat beading on his forehead.My body moved before my mind could catch up.I got him stomach medicine from the first-aid kit and a cup of warm water."Take two."He took the medicine, and his eyes brightened slightly."You still remember.""I do the same for any employee who doesn't feel well."His eyes dimmed again."Thank you," he said quietly.After taking the pills, he didn't use the moment as an excuse to linger.He just washed the cup and put it back.At the door, he paused. "Wh
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Forty minutes later, Evan returned to the restaurant.The food on the table had long gone cold.A server handed him a key."The lady from earlier asked us to give you this."Beneath the key lay the transfer notice for the Ashford branch.The confirmation line was blank.Holding the key, Evan finally understood that I had ended our relationship.He called me.My phone was off.None of his messages went through.He rushed to the apartment I had rented.The landlord was changing the locks."Ms. Harper already terminated her lease.""Where did she go?""She didn't say. She only stayed two days. Didn't even ask for the deposit back."Evan went to the train station.The last train had long since departed.He stood in the empty waiting hall from the middle of the night until dawn.The next day, he rushed to Riverside.Janet didn't let him through the door."Mia isn't here.""Mrs. Harper, where did she go?""She doesn't want you to know."Evan's voice was hoarse."I just want to see her. Just
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