Chapter 1
"Mike, if you want to stay here tonight, by all means; but I think you should go home."
Mike took Harvey's advice and turned the key in the lock of the apartment that he shared with Rachel. He opened the door slowly, pushing the conversation that he dreaded as far into the future as possible. He looked through all of the rooms, coming up empty. He was thankful for the few more quiet minutes to think about what he would say to her, how he would say it to her. However, as soon as she walked through the door, any per-meditated thought he had before left with his calm, cool demeanor.
Rachel looked up with sorrowful eyes.
"Mike ... what are you doing here?"
"Rachel, we need to talk," Mike said, motioning for her to sit in the chair across from the couch he was sitting on.
"Oh ... uh..okay, but Mike-"
"No, Rachel, please let me just get out what I've got to say."
"Okay, sorry. Continue."
"Okay, well ... um," he said nervously rubbing his knees. "You have hurt me more than anybody ever has. I think that's because I let myself believe you never could. Obviously, I was wrong."
Rachel squirmed uncomfortably in her seat.
"Now, since you told me about ... what you did, I can't get the image of you and him- I just don't think I could ever look at you the same way and see the same future I used to. I never thought you could be so selfish to betray me like that."
"Mike, please ... just don't do anything rash."
"I want to break up. And when I come back to work tomorrow, I want nothing but a purely professional relationship, if any relationship at all."
Mike rose to leave, but Rachel quickly grabbed his arm.
"Wait! Mike, you love me, and I love you! That has to count for something! It's special! Something you don't find with everyone you meet! Please!"
Mike looked deep into Rachel's eyes as he said, "What good is that love, if I can't trust you?"
Mike pulled his arm out of Rachel's now-limp hands, and walked out of the apartment.
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-thenever-endingplots
