Ghosted

by J.M. Darhower

“You’ve had, what... six, seven girlfriends?

“Worse is loving someone who disappears and never knowing if they’ll come back. Because how do you move on if you’re not even sure they’re gone? The answer is—you don’t. When you spend most of your life chasing ghosts, eventually, you become one.”

I was like a broken toy that you never liked, so you were okay with your mother tossing it out. I

She’s born at 6:07 in the evening. Exactly. Born on the fourth of July.