Unapologetic
I murmured.
“I want to take a shower when I’m done eating,” he replied.And just like that, I’d been dismissed.
“Oh.”
That was all I had. Oh. The sum of my disbelief. My humiliation. That broken piece of my heart, the one that was supposed to be his to be cherished, slowed just a little more and I feared that soon it would stop altogether. It barely functioned at all. Swallowing rapidly, I pushed down the lump in my throat, turned and walked away. The masochist in me took her time going upstairs, hoping he’d call me back. I could at least get a hug, right? Knowing that would never happen didn’t stop me from lingering on the stairs, ribs squeezing as hope fled with every exhale
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