The Hundredth Time She Ghosted
She bit her lip, reached for my hand—
and her phone rang. Loud.
Pierre.
She opened her mouth to explain.
I cut her off.
"You're busy. Don't bother. I get it."
That threw her.
She gripped my hand tighter, searching for whatever she'd lost.
The phone kept ringing.
Finally, under my stare, she let go.
"I'll come to the 101st proposal," she said, then left.
I went to my room.
Slept like I hadn't in years.
Once I finished the handover at work, Sonia Quindt would never see me again.