upposed to

to walk into the co

ars buried between my boss's legs, her manicured nails digging i

t I

l, every sic

lungs. My heart stopped. Time bent around me as if e

g could sof

Celeste, my boss, gripping the edge of her desk like she owned the building, and

oing in my ears lon

o loud I couldn't h

elf, hard, praying this was a

wa

u slowly. This one sh

ll like feathers, but the sound was deafeni

ed around. His fac

ttons, dragging his shirt back over his

..." he

on'

le word that cut deeper t

r hiding. She stood up with all the

she said, buttoning her silk blous

e she

of my tears, not yet. I turned and walked out.

felt like it

*

member the

d. Over and over. That scene. His face. Her

ee y

alty, of love, of b

on

ottle of wine

idn't numb. It

had it bee

s the fi

first time th

hone

ri

irl, wh

ce was s

was wr

.." I w

Are you okay? Wait

ord like glass in my throat. "Er

len

T?! Eric and Cele

" I said. A dry, broken laugh slipped

re ar

Ho

ed. "Don't move. I swear to God, Riley,

r, the phone cradle

pered. "I feel like

aying broken," Aria said. Her voice cracked.

ay out of me. "I ga

darkened. "He doesn't deserve your tears. And t

weak, trem

pathetic

someone who loved. Th

't feel

softly. "Pink blanket. Couc

" I whi

r of the couch. The soft blanket barely touch

a would

wouldn'

like

g split the sky. A

r once, I was