Snow on the Other Side
The day I was released from prison was New Year's Eve.
My fiancée had promised to pick me up. Instead, she was busy ringing in the New Year with the man she had always loved.
By the time I found my way back home from memory, she was in the middle of a cheering crowd, wrapped in his arms.
"Nancy, Samuel's getting out today. Aren't you going to pick him up?" someone asked.
Nancy Wheeler let out a soft laugh, her red lips curling slightly.
"Pick him up? What's more important, him or New Year's? He's been in there for years. One more day won't kill him."
"Aren't you afraid he'll be angry?"
Colder than the wind and snow outside were Nancy's indifferent words.
"He's the one who made a mistake. What right does he have to be angry? The fact that I was still willing to be with him was already a mercy."
As the words left her mouth, she lifted her gaze, only to meet mine.
The smile froze on her face.
The cold light from inside fell across me, and something in my heart froze with it.
She said she was still willing to have me.
However, I no longer wanted her.