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“You’re fucking serious?” I question “You just want ht now? Without you?”

“Yes, that’s what I want I need space to get ether I’ll see you in New York in a few days”

I just stand there, and it feels likefloor

And then she up and walks out of the bedroom

I hear her footsteps ine of her father’s truck start up

And when I look out the , I have the painful view of her leaving

Leaving her parents’ driveway

Leaving meDecember 30th

Ava“Oh Ava, honey, have you lost weight?” my aunt Lily asks as she checks the fit on my bridesmaid dress I stand on a step stool in theand pinch at the fabric around my waist

Considering I haven’t been able to eat anything since I told Luke to leave yesterday , it’s possible I’ve lost a pound or two

But I don’t tell her any of that

“I don’t think so,” I lie out of self-preservation There is no way in hell I’ to tell her what’s really happened For all my family knows, Luke had to leave yesterday because he was called in to work because another pilot was sick

Why do they know that? Because that’s what I told them when my dad noticed he hadn’t seen Luke around and wanted to thank hi up his Christmas décor cleanup

The fact that he even did that for lass, ready to shatter with each thick breath I inhale into s

You really screwed things up this time, didn’t you? mya rational adult about things, you told him to leave and stormed out of the house like a child

I wish I could say I stand behind yesterday’s behavior and feel strongly that I handled it all correctly, but I can’t