nd the house felt as cold as the

ated lilies

polished assistant,

"business trip,

he phone, dia

er voice dripping

orry about the flowers,

say anyth

e on the line, his voice

is it,

divorce,

, "Fine, what

hun

Eight years, g

ter, expecting a war

till cold, dinn

into the bedroom where

ndbag onto the bed, a tre

his out, though

the bag, t

eet to sign the

, a short,

hloe didn't know you hate li

brushed off my feelings, my decis

, of making myself small to fit