"Melinda is back in town." Maria's voice is light, trying not to stress her words too much. She knows that's a name Phil is not too fond of right now.

Nick had warned him when all this started. His affair with Melinda would not end well; Phil just shook his words off. Nick always tended to be a bit over dramatic, nothing new there.

What Phil didn't know though was how true those words would turn out to be. They had something good going there for a few months. They fit well together, filled each other in ways others hadn't succeeded.

After Bahrain though everything changed quickly, so quickly he had barely time to stop it. Melinda closed up in herself not letting anyone in, not even him. The weeks passed by and they drifted apart without even noticing.

Until one day he returned to their flat only to find all her things gone. No explanation, no note, nothing. The divorce papers that came to him a few days later were everything he needed to know.

A year later and he still couldn't wrap his ahead around it.

"Tell her that I don't want to see her. Here or anywhere else." Maria opened her mouth to say something but he cut her off. "Don't you dare make excuses for her." He hissed and stormed out of the small office. His wedding ring burning inside his pocket.