Ethan
The days passed, I didn't count them, I didn't mark them on the calendar. There was no exact date when I thought she will not return. It just happened. Just as things happen that do not announce their end, they only dissolve.
At first, I waited... Not in an anxious or dramatic way. I waited as one expects someone who always returns. With the calm assurance that it was just a slip, an exaggerated reaction, a decision made from exhaustion.
Clara never did scenes, Clara never left without warning, Clara always came back.
So I didn't call, I didn't ask... I didn't look for her.
If she left, I thought, it's because she needs it. She will return when the discomfort passes.. And if she doesn't come back... well, that's okay. That's what I said to myself.
I was not in love with her. I
