No, We Can't Be Friends

by Sophie Ranald

And my own dreams were filled with memories I thought I’d put behind me long ago, so I found myself reaching for my sleeping tablets at night, hoping to find oblivion, if not actual peace.

‘Do you trust him to hold your heart in his hands and keep it safe?’

Don’t waste the best years of your life on a man who’ll only ever love himself. Don’t let it destroy you like it has me.’