Merry Ex-Mas

by Courtney Walsh

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Time gives you distance and perspective.

“Why? Marin, you can’t tell me you don’t feel this—it’s all still there, everything we always had—it’s still there.”

“I know, but that’s what scares me.”

“You broke up with me because it was easier than having me taken from you. You didn’t want to be blindsided. But don’t you see that when you did that—you blindsided me? You made the choice and I had ...