Chapter Five
Six months after Jodie and I broke up I jump at the chance of trading New York for San Francisco. Everything in New York reminds me of her, especially in October. We met in October and I can’t seem to separate the month from all the first times we shared during it.
I don’t care that I’ve only just settled into my new mid-town apartment. That I only found the strength two weeks ago to unpack the last of the boxes that, in the end, remained in a corner of Jodie’s apartment for months. When the offer from my firm comes to join the new office on the west coast, I don’t hesitate. I grab the opportunity to leave with both hands.
Because I need to start over. I crave new surroundings. A clean slate. Soon the ice skating rink will be up in front of Rockefeller and I won’t be able t
