Moon River
He closes the door and turns around, his breath even and calm as if nothing has happened. She stands there looking at him, her eyes fixed on the growing smile on his perfect face. She has seen him slamming people into walls more than a million times, but still she marvels at his cool and almost casual composure every time. Unlike her, he's always confident and sure of himself. Unlike her, he never ever panics and loses control. Suddenly she starts shaking slightly with anger and a little self-disgust as he walks toward her. Yes, she has made some stupid mistakes. Yes, twice in her life she had chosen the wrong man. There were nights when unpleasant memories and shame came back to haunt her and made her toss and turn till dawn. There were days when reasonable and unreasonable doubts and fear clouded her mind and made her feel that there was no redemption and no escape. The consistent pressure from her mother. The constant indifference of her father. The borderline rude prying eyes of her snickering relatives, friends and neighbors. The suffocating atmosphere she always feels. Not to mention her own inability and incompetence.
She closes her eyes and sighs as he gathers her in his arms. She knows she's too much trouble. She knows she's a magnet for disasters. But no, she'll never have the courage or decency to tell him it's not too late to back off the deal and go find someone perfect. Maybe she's being treacherous and selfish. Maybe she's being a coward. For the very time in her life she finally knows what she really wants. She loves and needs him so much that her heart may burst. She wraps her arms tightly around his waist as he kisses her on the top of her head. The comfortable silence eases her mood. His sole existence gives her strength.
He picks up her overnight bag. She grabs Rex. He opens the door. She stops and turns to look around her small silent apartment for one last time and say goodbye. She will come back for the rest of her stuff in a day or two. But it won't feel the same. Her status as a divorced single woman has just been updated and permanently changed. She closes the door and locks the locks and smiles up at the man she truly loves.
Their new life has just begun.
~The End~