Redsand Canyon Waiting for a sign

She hadn't expected anything he could possibly say to surprise her, let alone stop her in her tracks. Of course she was wrong.

The reply that came back was so lightly casual. He sounded happy. Something in her cracked, hearing him respond as if the past few months hadn't even happened. As if he hadn't shattered her to pieces and left her behind, wondering if it was even possible to put the pieces back together again.

All of the sudden she was crying and, despite the immense feeling of shame that followed, she couldn't stop. She thought she was done with this. She needed to be done with this. Yet he did one simple, stupid thing and she immediately crumbled beneath it. It was pathetic.

She couldn't answer. Most of her hoped he would take the hint and leave. A part of her hoped he didn't,and she hated that part the most. She should know better than that.