The next day I woke up feeling even more depressed. The thought of Hayden being with another woman filled me with jealousy.

"You look terrible," Grace said to me.

I glanced at her and simply nodded. Not only did I look terrible, but I also felt terrible.

"Well, go take a shower and put on some makeup. You can't go to work looking like that, you look like a ghost," she said.

If I felt better, I would have responded sarcastically, but the reality was that I didn't have the energy for anything. I didn't even want to work; I just wanted to lie in bed and berate myself for...