You have been trying to distance yourself from him. You made a promise to yourself that you would. After all, the man barely even looked at you most days. He was either at work, writing, or out with friends, he barely paid attention to you.

You knew he was no good for you, but you loved him.. It was difficult to keep the promise.

One day he got home late from work again, setting his coat down on the rack. He didn’t even say anything, he walked to the kitchen, to find you cleaning dishes.