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Sage

The world was spinning around me as I stumbled through my front door, the taste of cheap alcohol was still bitter on my tongue.

The bar had offered me no solace, only the sense of emptiness that wrapped around me like a disease.

I dropped my keys on the counter, the sound echoing in the quiet of my apartment.

All I wanted was to escape, to wash away the humiliation and heartbreak that clung to me like my natural scent.

It wasn’t the brush off that made me upset, it’s the knowledge that I put myself out there. They said to be bold and I was, I embraced my feelings only to be brutally turned down.

Without bothering to turn on more lights, I made my way to the bathroom, stripped off my clothes, and sank into the tub, letting the water pour over me.

The bath didn’t soothe me as much as I’d hoped. My chest felt tight, and I kept waiting for my heart to tear open from it.

Her words played continuously in my head, her apologizing for stringing me along with her words.I wasn’t mad at
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