Never What It Was
What I had not accounted for was the possibility that a person could leave a relationship, start a new one, and still refuse to let go of the one before it.
Linnea had allowed Grant, her ex-boyfriend, to lodge himself squarely between us. That thorn had pushed deeper and deeper until it made continuing our marriage impossible.
I was walking through a busy morning market when I typed my reply, smiling as I sent it. "If you're so sure you've won, why are you messaging me to apologize?"
If he was so sure he had won, he should have been celebrating, not opening with an apology that meant nothing.
Grant did not respond. I blocked and deleted him without a second thought.