Daniel:
By the time I pull up, I have already decided how this is going to go.
Simple. Clean. Nothing unnecessary.
That was the point. Show up, stay within whatever this is, leave without making it something else. It should not be difficult. It has never been difficult.
The drive over had been quiet, which usually helps. It gives me time to sort things out, to decide what matters and what doesn’t. Today, it only made one thing clearer than I wanted it to be.
She is no longer with him.
The thought settles somewhere it should not. Not relief exactly. Something lighter than that. Like pressure easing without permission.
I notice it. I do not sit with it.
This is not about you.
She had been hurt. That should be the only thing that carries weight here. Not whatever quiet shift is happe
