You’re dating someone good. She takes care of you. But then she showed up again — the one who ruined you last summer. The one you swore you were done with. And yet here you are. Outside the bar. Your girlfriend sleeping in your bed at home.

————————— She lights a cigarette. “Still with that girl?” You nod. She steps closer. “Is she better than me?” “She doesn’t break me.” Her voice is low. “But does she make you feel like I do?”