After the Divorce
"I think I had mixed up my dreams, I knew the life I had wanted, but I had mixed up the path, so this is me trying to get back on track."
Silence stretched between us, not awkward, just the kind that lets you sit on your words and think through it. Her thumb didn't stop circling the back of my palm, her head slowly raised, her eyes meeting mine. "Would you say the same thing about your marriage?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked, pretending like I didn't already know what she was talking about.
"Don't act like you don't see it Marcus, my mom she…"
"What we have isn't regular, but we understand ourselves, we know…"
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