It took some time, a good deal of it, before I moved. Got myself a cup of coffee. Cleaned up the mess Logan left of his. Went to my bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. But I did it knowing I was back to going through the motions. Oh, I’d pretend. For Dot. And Mom and Dad. Justine. Kellie. Claire. And I’d breathe until there was no breath left. But that was all life would be for me. I knew it because it had happened twenty years earlier, my life leaking away as Logan walked out of it. Then I went through the motions. Now I’d do it again. But with practice, I’d do it better so
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