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I wished I had an umbrella to shield me from the rain I flipped up the little collar ofdownnear the corner, huddled next to a building, wearing plastic rain jackets Both of the, white lenses covered by a clear plastic sheath Their lenses pointed towards the opposite street corner

I looked across the street to theThere was the restaurant and there was Ryan, visible fro him Rain dripped from my hair and down my face; h the downpour

I saw Ryan lift Lauren’s hand off the table The two ca on her finger

I felt the tears build in my eyes and unbearable pain cracked into my chest

He picked her hand up and wrapped it in his, sertips

Horror and denial swirled through my soul like toxic fumes

"No," I whispered out in pain

Then Ryan stood up from his chair, leaned across the table, and pressed his lips to hers Right there in public… The cameras sounded like the knives that sliced er, resentment of my heart was torn from my chest I made it halfway across the street before I was stopped by onco in the rain andme by inches I was frozen in place; my eyes were locked on Ryan’s face

No other vision mattered

The driver honked his horn repeatedly, but I couldn’t move Part of me wished he would just hit as and finishflashed over my head but I didn’t flinch this time It would take a direct hit by a bolt of electricity to restart my heart

The driver was ier the second ti our unborn child was nothing coht at that reatest love turned into nothing h for

"Hey lady! Get out of the street!" the driver yelled at ain I glanced in his direction; his viscous tone distracted et yourself killed?" thewithtrafficso hard that I forgot where I was for a second My feetthey would lead ers found a door handle in the dark I dropped Lauren’s poison-penned note, leaving it behind on the sidewalk I didn’t need it with me anymore I had witnessed all the proof I needed with my own eyes