se

cloud. My threat had landed. I ignored

th me when I moved in. The other we'd bought for a trip to Ha

ly took what was mine. The designer clothes a

"You're in that much of a hurry to leave?" There

were barely ever home. Do you really care if I leave? Or are yo

d, his fac

ing my books, photo albums, and the set

he ovulation test strips and the basal ther

second's hesitation, threw the

He looked like he wanted to say somethin

o me was packed. The home I had tried so ha

ase was on the living room sofa. The divorce agreement

" I said from

s a complicated storm

without y

ck. The moment it clicked shut, I heard a

. There was no relief, only a profound, disorienting empt

ed my luggage into the trunk.

n't go to my parents. I didn't w

, naming a bar downtown. I'd

t building recede in the window, feeling like

Fashioned after Old Fashioned. The alcoh

text my best friend, Janelle, to

ars blurred my vision. I sho

world started to spin. I just wanted t

se named Ginger at the clinic, was now dialing Jase. Un

we can't reach your wife, Alyse. We have a very importa

"She's not my problem anymore. We're getting a di

trying to stand up to go to the restroom,

olid body. My glass

ver a perfectly tailored, obvio

eady to apologize, and me

e in them. Only cold

tall and handsome as a model, my a

ssed up. I had messe