Redsand Canyon vultus

Her indignation flared alongside the hurt. She wanted to believe him but there was no way this wasn’t him running away.

He could have told her he wouldn’t be happier there. Instead he’d only spoken of hurt.

He deserves closure just as much as you. I’m not going to help you run away. It came out sharper. She just told him that she couldn’t live with not knowing. Moving might help him but it would do nothing for her.

Her ears tipped back and her chest tightened. He wouldn’t return, she knew, but there was no reason not to say it. She had nowhere else to go; her son was here.

I can wait, and keep things here. If you see him, and you come back…. I’ll go with you.

He wouldn’t. What was a another few months?