"But the more money he made, the more distant he became. He traveled more. Came home less. And me… I was too blind to see that during all those trips, he was seeing another woman."
The words fell from her lips easily, but Alaric could feel the weight of pain behind every one of them.
"When I found out… I was crushed. It felt like being stabbed again and again. I gave him everything. My heart, my love, my entire life... and all I got in return was betrayal."
She looked up at the sky, trying to hold back her tears in front of someone she had only just met that day. But she couldn't stop them.
"There was one night… I couldn't take it anymore. I left home. I couldn't stay there. I checked into a hotel just to clear my head. And do you know what happened? He didn't even bother looking for me."
Alaric stayed silent. His hand, which had just been reaching for another grape, froze in mid-air.
