My life is different now. Like all things that are meant to challenge you, it happened suddenly, all at once.

I am enthralled by books. The way they look, the way they smell, the smooth way the pages flick upon your fingers as you flip through them.

At night, I lay in my bed and I hear sirens and people laughing just outside my apartment walls.

I’m leaving. Today in fact. I’m getting in my car, closing the door and driving for 24 hours.

Most days, I handled the breakup better than people expected me to. On the surface, I acted like everything was okay.