When the Lights Go Out, the Vows Get Tested in the Dark

a cardigan that hung open like a forgotten thought.

She wasn’t running. She wasn’t confused in the way people imagine. She was walking like she had somewhere to be.

I caught up, grabbed her gently around the shoulders. “Honey, it’s freezing.”

She turned toward me, eyes wild with purpose. “I have to go home,” she said.

The sentence was clear as a bell.

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