He Left!

He left! He drove away, leaving her in the middle of the road. He didn't stop; not once! He did not come back for her.

She was new to this city. He was the only reason she had come to this city that she never liked. And now she stood alone, clutching her bag close to her heart, as if that was the only thing that could protect her in this dark moment.

All around she found faces of strangers; strangers who went about their lives with nothing amiss, returning home to their families. The cold air froze her insides. They had had fights but she never expected him to desert her. Invisible maybe, but he would always be around, he had promised. She was wrong; he had lied. He was nowhere.

She peered at every passing car, maybe he'd come back. She checked her mobile, maybe he'd call. She kept thinking of the only other time when he had pretended to leave her. But he had stopped, he had returned. He wasn't heartless. But this time he was really gone.

Words, days, memories came flooding back to her. "I won't be responsible for you, you're coming here of your own accord." She started walking in the only direction she could think of; knew not where she was headed. Traffic sped past her as she walked, lost to the world, alone.