I took a long nap after I made the decision, needing a clear frame of mind before I could begin this new journey, and maybe, just maybe, I had hopes that Rowan would come.

I needed to give him the benefit of the doubt, to give him a chance to prove that I meant more to him. He didn’t need grand gestures or explanations; just a simple apology, and I would have folded, pretending none of it had ever happened.

Yet the silence stretched on, and I spent the rest of the day tossing on the bed, staring at the ceiling, and waiting for morning to come faster than it...