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This couldn’t be her. She’d probably be married now, living a lavish life, partying, shopping.
But it was HER. The woman who’d so easily abandoned the beautiful nest we’d built together.
She froze, clutching a plastic bag of carrots like it was a shield.
Her eyes darted to the side, like she was about to bolt.
“Miranda, it’s me… Charlie.”
She turned and walked away, faster and faster. I followed, confusion bubbling to the surface.
“Hey, wait. What’s going on? Why are you running?”
She practically sprinted out of the store.
I stood there in the middle of the cereal aisle, my heart pounding. What the hell had just happened?
That night, I called her old number on a whim. It rang three times, then stopped.
Miranda: “Fine. Let’s meet tomorrow. At the park.
6 p.m.”
I don’t know what I expected when I walked into the park the next evening. Maybe the woman I’d seen on Instagram — the one with bright eyes and designer clothes. But that’s not who I found sitting on the bench.
Miranda looked… worn.
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