The more we distanced each other, the more I realized I didn't know about you. In my mind, you couldn't do wrong. I had thought we were truly in love.
We were. For a few fleeting moments. Because some loves can't stand the test of time.
When I had fallen in love, I had only noticed the trivial. Not the big matters. Not the way you avoided big decisions or spent money with water. The way you broke your promises and changed plans.
I had fallen in love with the gleaming smiles, the gentleness, the carer of the family. I had only fallen in love with a part of you. The rest, they say, is for the taking for others. Laura had a part of you, too.
I had fallen in love knowing exactly your tendency to change. You had always loved the actresses and models. I had only laughed at your antics when we were younger.
I could only blame myself.
I was young. You were young.
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Red Flags
Short StoryWe swore to stay together. So when you shifted around, I stayed as an ever present shadow. There are more important matters than your affairs, James. I couldn't leave you because of them.
