C43 Back to Life

“Tom?” I ask. I couldn’t believe my eyes! I try to count the months. Oh damn! It’s about time for our twice-every-year seminar!

“Since you resigned, they had no choice but to send me for the seminars,” he says, an awkward smile on his face. He sits on the stool next to mine and asks, “How are you? I heard you got married?”

“I did,” I answer, looking away as I remember our past, my heart aching