Dinner for One part 3

Okay, it’s been a while, so to refresh your memory I’ll add the last paragraph of part 2 of Dinner For one to refresh your memory.

After I got off the plane, and she helped me with my luggage, as I was not supposed to carry anything for the next two weeks, and we got into her car and we drove home. When we got inside, she said “I have a surprise for you”, and handed me a teddy bear holding a small box....

The contents of the box were of little consequence. After all the pain I had endured, it seemed like it was all worthwhile. Her mere presence took away the pain, if only for a moment. The simple act of her being there made it feel like the whole experience was worthwhile. Her warm caress melted my pain, it warmed my heart.

As the pain of my surgery started to ease, the pain in my heart began to grow. I saw her and I drifting apart, but I didn’t want to admit it. I couldn’t bring myself to accept that there were problems, because everything was perfect, it had to be. It couldn’t be anything major, bumps on the road but they could be overcome.

I can overcome, I’m strong, I’m tough, and I’m smart. I always thought I could do anything, but sadly I found out that I failed. We had drifted too far apart. I was away for Christmas and she seemed to find comfort in the arms of another. I couldn’t accept it, so as I kept pretending it wasn’t real. The more I tried to reassure myself the harder it got, until one day my make believe world was shattered.