Never Look Back Again
The craving, the missing, the disappointment—it all started fading.
By the time I was almost free of thinking about him, Nathan showed up again.
He called me with a new number.
"You think you're slick, huh? Running off to Eltoria without telling me? And staying away this long?"
He sounded like he was complaining. "Come back. Now that I'm finally free, I'll travel with you."
I answered flatly, "No, thanks. I'm traveling right now. Why should I drop everything just to run back to you?"