"Don't come near me," I said in a hushed tone.
The footsteps stopped abruptly and he mumbled, "I'm sorry."
I closed my eyes and answered, "That's not going to change anything."
"I know, and I'm sorry for leaving you. I just-" he stopped abruptly, shuffling his feet, then continuing, "you wouldn't understand."
I let my tears slide down my cheeks as I replied, "You didn't try."
He let out a exasperated sigh and answered, "I was stuck in the past; I didn't want to bring you in."
I turned toward him and whispered, "Is that a reason to leave me all alone? To leave me to think that you would come back to me? Was I foolish to think that you would come back to me one day and we'll be happy again? Was I?" At the last words, I broke down into a puddle of tears, as he echoed the words that he had uttered before.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't come near me," I said in a hushed tone.
The footsteps stopped abruptly and he mumbled, "I'm sorry."
I closed my eyes and answered, "That's not going to change anything."
"I know, and I'm sorry for leaving you. I just-" he stopped abruptly, shuffling his feet, then continuing, "you wouldn't understand."
I let my tears slide down my cheeks as I replied, "You didn't try."
He let out a exasperated sigh and answered, "I was stuck in the past; I didn't want to bring you in."
I turned toward him and whispered, "Is that a reason to leave me all alone? To leave me to think that you would come back to me? Was I foolish to think that you would come back to me one day and we'll be happy again? Was I?" At the last words, I broke down into a puddle of tears, as he echoed the words that he had uttered before.
"I'm sorry."
story that i wrote last year