Against all odds
I told myself he just needed time.
That this was adjustment, not rejection. That love could grow in the spaces left empty. But deep down, where truth is sharp and quiet, I knew. Elliott Wilde might be mine in name, but not in heart.
I listened to the faint clink of ice in his glass, the muted hum of the city beyond the balcony doors. And as sleep finally tugged at me, I held on to the only comfort I had: in the eyes of the world, I had won.
The photographs would tell the story I wanted. The headlines would sing of our perfect union. And maybe, just maybe if I believed them long enough, I could make them real.
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