DEREK'S POINT OF VIEW
I never knew a person could change so fast. I never knew someone could rebuild themselves into a version so untouched by the pain they lived through. If someone asked me to describe Ari now, I would say she wears her anger like a gown. A gown made from diamonds and barbed wire. Beautiful to look at but deadly when you get close.
The worst part is that I wanted to get close. I wanted to feel her forgiveness wrap around me. I wanted her to look at me like she did before. But right now I was on the floor kneeling like an i***t massaging her feet.
I was squeezing her foot because she said it hurt. She said her arches were tired from wearing heels. I used to think those small requests were cute. But right now I felt like a servant in my ex wife’s house.
Pathetic. So st
