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thbrush would’ve been cathartic to say the least, but unfortunately, it just wasn’t in me

I wandered back through the house in a daze, looking at everything one last time The kitchen, where Garrett and I had hosted fun dinner parties The living roo shows on TV Memories flooded back; recollections of happier tiht would be a future together A life

A lump formed in my throat

Let it go…

In the end, closing the door was easier than I thought There was nothing for ot in the car and wiped at my eyes There were hardly even any tears

Good

I drove away blasting the radio, listening to the most cheerful station I could find The luot back near the caht and unencumbered

With no classes to teach, I took the first half of the day to run errands With the second half, I looked for a new place The apartments complexes near the University were beautiful but expensive Way out ofout a single roo to consider At least on day one

In the end I had a lot of information, phone nuh, I wanted to relax At least asa bad breakup could relax, anyway

It was dark by the ti on the shiny new door handle I entered a house that ar — not at all like the construction site it had been these past feeeks And clean too! Whatevera lot of it

The guys aiting foron a new set of leather couches, watching a large flat-screen television

“You got the cable working!” I exclaimed happily

They s Brandon took lass of wine It felt incredible, the hu around people who cared for and appreciated ht me to tears

“TV’s all hooked up,” said Brandon “And the internet”

Colin pressed a piece of paper into my hand “That’s the wi-fi password”