Fading to Zero
Instead, he said in a hoarse voice, “Coco, I missed you so much. I barely slept in the past few months. I was terrified I’d never find you, that you’d leave me forever. And even when I did sleep, all I dreamed about was the sight of you walking away from me without looking back.
“Coco, I’m sorry! Everything that happened before… It was all my fault! I was so terribly wrong! I was stupid. Ruby manipulated me, and I ended up hurting you, but we’re divorced now. We never had a wedding. So, can you—”
“No!” I cut him off before he could finish, afraid he was about to say something even more nauseating.