Five Years Later
"Hello, Maya. It's been a long time." It had been five years since I had said a word to her, since that terrible, awful day when she walked out of my life, our marriage. Five years of pretending to forget her, trying like hell to. "Are you surprised to see me here? Probably not as surprised as I was when you left me." Even as the words left my mouth, I knew I was lying. I had known it was coming. Hindsight 20/20 and all that, the signs had been there. She had been distancing herself,...