DORIS
I let myself have a good cry. I drank a lot of water to keep hydrated.
I took out my phone and pulled up some videos of Cathy’s band. I watched her rock it a club in Berlin, singing to happy, screaming fans.
I scrolled through my phone and deleted all my pictures of just Arthur. I couldn’t bring myself to delete any of Arthur with Mia or the three of us together.
I went through an entire box of tissues.
I found a channel playing sappy Hallmark movies from the 80s. I took off my shoes, lay down on the couch, and watched Michael J. Fox charm his way through a southern town and into the leading lady’s heart.
Somewhere before the male and female leads’ first kiss, I fell into a fitful sleep.
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ARTHUR
Ethan called me again at lunchtime. He had looke
