Sonia
I stood there, frozen, as Dennis walked away.
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.
I had always been the one in control, the one who dictated how things played out. But for the first time in my life, I felt powerless.
I reached for him again, my voice trembling. “Dennis, please… don’t do this.” I begged, but he didn’t stop.
I stumbled after him, gripping his sleeve desperately. “I’ll do anything. We can fix this together. You don’t have to go back to her. Please, Dennis, I’m begging you right now. We… we had a plan. We were supposed to…” he didn’t even let me finish before he yanked his arm away so forcefully that I nearly lost my balance.
“There is no ‘we’, Sonia.” His voice was cold, final. “There never was.”
I shook my head, refusing to accept it. “That’s not
