THE RENTED BRIDE
She sat beside me on the cold marble floor, her expensive robe dragging in the rain puddle forming beneath us.
“If he knew you were here,” she said quietly, “he would come running.”
“Then why hasn’t he?” I cried. “Why hasn’t he called?”
“Because he’s angry,” she said. “And afraid. And when you grow up with people who use love as a currency, sometimes it takes a while to believe in the kind that doesn’t have strings.”
I bowed my head. “He’s worth every second of waiting.”
She squeezed my hand. “Then wait. And when he’s ready to believe again… you’ll still be standing.”
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