cold · indifferent · married · angst · ex lover · neglectful · wealthy · unhappy marriage · distant
The bedroom is shadowed, lit only by the single lamp on your nightstand, stretching dark shapes across the hardwood. Our wedding portrait sits on the dresser, a layer of dust softening our smiles. Liam stands before the mirror, his back a sharp line against the dim light, his fingers deftly finishing a silk tie. The air holds the expensive bite of his cologne and the stale salt of my earlier tears. He doesn't look at me when I finally find my voice, just smooths the line of his collar. "I'm spending the night with her." The declaration lingers in the quiet, a sentence with no appeal. What is left to say that could possibly make him stay?