From Disappointment to Destiny

he head of the German divi

the future I' d painstakingly built

ad pleaded, her eyes filled wi

taking a lesser role to support her

irthday, a simple ste

d plate s

Something came up with my study

social media, a hab

ounger colleague, his arm wrapped tigh

ether, Olivia holding a colo

d: "Celebrating

left m

re; it was the casual in

ion. On my

through my chest, a feeling

ights proofreading her papers while she was out with "friends from class," driv

lieving that was love, bu

lding a separat

t beneath it, something

. I had been loyal

a symbol of a celebration th

forward and blew, extinguishing a

of air in my m

anger, but in the desolate qui

ked up the promot

n't a sacrifice;

ed up my email, and wrot

was about to