Shattered

You have been dreading this day to come, but you knew all along that it was looming up ahead. No matter how much you’ve tried to avoid for you two to be in this situation, current circumstances had pushed you forward, unprepared. So, you approach her as she waits for you in your favorite bench, and gives you an unnerving smile; you shudder at the thought of what you are about to do.

You hold her hand and finally say: “I’m sorry to end this relationship, but I don’t want to hurt you in the long run.” You stop and wait for her to react violently; she blinks and stares back at you. And so you continued. “You will meet someone better than me.”

She sighs, taps your hand, and says, “I know.”