BETTY There was once a time I wished Adam could come crawling back to me. That was weeks after we ended things, and he had already moved on to Natalie so fast that I felt like I was going insane. It was pretty rough that I had to book an emergency appointment with Rose. I remember her stern eyes locking onto mine as she spoke. “You need to go no contact, Betty. Give yourself that space to heal and shift your focus away from his life, that way it will help you detach.” I adhered to her words and began this journey, at first it was unbearable, it felt like eternity. It was months of silence, no texting, no stalking, no late-night scrolling through his social media to see if he had updated his profile picture or broken up with Natalie. I was convinced I’d die if I didn’t speak to him.

