Two weeks. Fourteen days. Three hundred thirty six hours. Twenty thousand one hundred and sixty seconds. That’s how long I haven’t seen Anna. The feeling of being unable to see her wasn’t just painful, it was excruciating, a heavy feeling pressing against my chest that made it difficult to breathe and to go about my day. Even with all that, I just couldn’t allow myself to go anywhere near her. My affection for Anna… it’s not right anymore. She’s obviously interested in someone else and, overall, her presence is a distraction. I should be focusing on my future and not on the woman that was in some way or form a cousin. Whatever was happening, it was best we stopped it before it gets worse… Still. It was a long time. It was a very long time without seeing her. Two weeks, fourteen d

