A Game of Hearts
"Why can you be like that with her, but not with me?"
The wind, cold and biting, slipped through the window and swept between us.
I suddenly thought back to an incident that happened during the five years I spent with Jessica.
After we argued again over something trivial, she had stormed out, slamming the door behind her. The pieces of the broken plate on the floor of the apartment glistened in the afternoon sun, casting harsh reflections that seemed to strike at my heart.
I bent down and pulled out a book I had once given her, the one she used to prop up the wonky table leg—The Myth of Sisyphus.
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