Chapter Six
Lisa
That goddamn man.
I couldn't believe he'd just walked up to the bar and asked me out on a date.
Like the past had never happened. He really did believe that every time he came back, we could just pick things up again.
Then as I finally got up the courage to draw a line under us and say enough was enough, he told me his mother was not only back, but dying, and that he needed me.
And I gave in again.
I was lying on the sofa in my parents’ place. It had taken me ages to unpack my belongings from the car. Ezra had never thought to ask if I needed any help, like a removals van, or to lend me a brother with biceps like Milo.
Again, a last thought, until he needed me.
One-way traffic on a destination that always led to a dead end.
I took a sip of my too hot tea and burn
