DESTINY

The red truck stopped next to me.

“You’re looking for a ride?” the older man said.

I nodded.

“Where to?”

I’d been hitching rides on my way to my home state. People have been nice enough. A stark contrast to that first time I came to the city. Leaning against the passenger side window, the dark night sky filled with shining stars, desert around me, I realized something.

I was okay.

I was okay with what had happened. All I wanted was for him to be happy. And if he’ll be happy without me there, then it’s better that way. Yes, I’m nursing a broken heart. But I would’ve broken his. I couldn’t give him and Chloe what they needed. Maybe the reason I was supposed to meet them wasn’...

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