He Said Someone Like Him Would Never Date Me — So I Made Sure He Never Would

didn’t act immediately. Part of me—the part still clinging to the version of Derek I’d loved—wanted to believe he’d call, apologize, say something that made this unnecessary. So I waited. One day, two, three. Nothing. No accountability, no remorse.

On the fourth day, I opened the folder Patricia had given me. The language was clean, clinical, unemotional.continue reading …