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The late-night talks, the easy laughter… we lost it. She started going out more, claiming it was for “shopping” or “clearing her head,” but she’d come back looking lighter and smiling in ways I hadn’t seen in months.
At dinner, she’d pick at her food, her mind clearly somewhere else.
Then, one afternoon, she looked me dead in the eye, wiped her hands on a dish towel, and said the words that shattered everything I thought we’d built.
“I’m leaving, Charlie.”
I paused mid-step, blinking like I hadn’t heard her right. “Leaving? What are you talking about?”
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