The most painful thing was that I hated the person I had become when I tried to please them.
Then I remembered that Kyle had borrowed an old phone that morning and kept it in my jacket pocket. It had almost no battery, but a message appeared before the screen went off.
Don’t be angry. It’s just a channel joke. We’ll be back later. Quiet.
His brothers had a channel of online jokes and longed to become famous. Kyle wanted his approval so much that he turned his wife into a show.
I made my decision before the phone went out completely.
I wouldn’t expect them.
I’d disappear.
A van entered the station. A tired woman came down while two children were arguing in the back seat. I approached with caution.
“Excuse me. Do you travel north?”
He looked at me with concern.
