She Wants to See You

That’s not a conspiracy. That’s just what happens to you if you go to sleep at the wrong moment.

I asked her one more thing before I left.

I said, “Do you think it was worth it?”

And Melissa said, “I got out of that marriage.”

“That’s not what I asked.”

“I know,” she said. “It’s the only true answer I’ve got. It was worth it to me. I’ve never been able to make the other sentence come out.”