I ARRIVED AT MY BEACH HOUSE EXPECTING PEACE-YILUX

distance between us small.

But not simple.

Because some things don’t go back.

They just… become something else.

“I’ll fix this,” he said.

I shook my head gently.

“No,” I said.

Then I looked past him.

Into the house.

At the mess.

At the life that had been walked over.

“I will.”

And I stepped inside.

I stepped inside slowly, feeling the floor beneath my feet as if continue reading …