Larry
The acquisition has been successful, which means that I don't have to stay away at work as I used to. Sometimes, when I get drunk, I wonder what would have happened if I had stayed back and not traveled for that business meeting. Tiffany would still be here, and we would have our perfect little family as it used to be. But on the days that I am sober, I start to hate her all over again. She betrayed me and then disappeared from my life without a goodbye or a single trace.
When I tried her line again, it had been disconnected, which could only mean one thing: she threw away her SIM card.
Does she want to run away for good?
I can't believe her. I thought I knew her, but obviously, I didn't.
Thankfully, my son, Larry, hasn't asked about her all that much. Still, there are days when he does, and I try to bypass it so I don't make him remember the past. It's been a few months since she left us all alone without a single word, and every day I find that I detest her even more, but my son still loves her. In a way, we both do. I still see traces of her in every room, in the kitchen, and in the living room, almost like she's still part of me.
Just when I began to love her. Just when I had just managed to open my heart to love and wholeheartedly trust her, she went to break my heart and my trust. It could mean that she never loved me and just wanted to make me love her enough to trust her so she could have her way with my son. The painful thing is, I would have been willing to give her just about any amount she asked without her having to go to such extreme lengths. I can never love again, and trusting another woman is something I will never subject myself or my son to ever again.
"Daddy?" Larry calls as I tuck him into bed.