Natural Selection

by Elin Hilderbrand

It was an affliction of the millennial male: the utter downplaying of emotion. Everything was casual; in a world where their next hookup was only a swipe away, everyone was disposable.

Sophia’s idea of a vacation is staying someplace nicer than the place she already lives.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, and it is not the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change.

The real world, and all the unpleasant realities it holds, will be waiting when she gets back.

The species that survives, she thinks, is not the strongest nor the most intelligent. It’s the one that adapts.

But Sophia realizes that Debbie Satterwhite will stay with JP because she’s unable to adapt to life without him.

she will remember the moment this picture was taken—and she will marvel at her own evolution.