I thought we were happy

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I turned around, I couldn't take this anymore. He betrayed me, he broke his promise. Why? Why would he do this to me?! I don't understand, was I not good enough, did he ever mean it when he said he loves me? If he loved me, then why would he do this? Why would he hang from the top of our favorite tree? Why would he do such a horrible thing as suicide? I just don't understand! I thought we were happy!

I sat down on the grass, not able to stand anymore. My legs felt like jelly, they were shaking, my arms were numb from gripping around my phone, my palms were sweaty and you could smell the bacterias being released with a hint of sadness. Weren't we happy? Didn't he love me? He left me all alone with our hairy little puppy we got together not more than a week ago. He insisted to get a dog, so that it could watch over me when he couldn't he had said. I didn't understand what he meant at first and thought it was a way to say he had to start working late. But now, now I understand, he had been planning on leaving me, leaving our dog with his responsibilities.

I knew he had been stressed out because of work, he was always tired and not in a good mood. I never once thought he would leave me this way, that he would turn his back on everything we had and everything we wanted to have. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to say to people when they ask about how "we" are and what "we" have been up to. Am I just supposed to answer for myself as if he is in on it as well or should I tell them that I'm the only one left and that he left me behind?

I turned my back to the sight before me, walking back towards the house that once belonged to us, but now left for me to own all alone. What do I tell his parents? What do I tell his siblings. His grandma would be shattered! His mother devastated. They would blame me, I blame me.

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