Love Too Late
“Then, let me go. If you love me, Raymond, let me live my own life,” I said firmly.
I heard his stifled breathing on the other end of the line.
I knew he was crying.
The perpetually composed Raymond was weeping on the phone.
“Alright,” he finally said, after a long pause. “But if you grow weary, or if things get too hard, remember I am here. I’m not asking for anything. I just... want you to know you have somewhere to come back to.”