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This is it –
Here we go –
I pressed the doorbell and heard a chime inside the house.
I waited, forcing myself to breathe.
No answer.
After 30 seconds, I pushed the doorbell again. Heard the chime again.
Waited.
Nothing.
Fuck – she’s not home –
She probably doesn’t even LIVE here!
I turned to go –
Which is when I heard the door open behind me.
I turned back, hope and joy and expectation in my heart –
And all of it died the second I saw her face.
She looked at me like she was stricken – like she was staring at the dead body of a loved one in the morgue. The blood and color had all drained from her face like she’d just had the worst shock of her life.
Other than that, though, she was as beautiful as before. She wore a blouse and skirt suitable for an office. The only thing that had really changed was her hair was shorter, but otherwise it was like no time had passed.
We stood like that in shocked silence for a long, long moment.
“Rachel,” I finally said, my voice a raspy croak.
“What are you doing here?!” she hissed in a low voice, like she was afraid someone might overhear us.
I frowned. “I came to – ”
And then a glint of light caught my eye.
It was from her hand, which was still gripping the doorknob.
A ring.
A diamond ring.
I froze as I stared at it –
And I felt like I might vomit.
She realized what I was looking at, and hurriedly put her hand behind her.
“What do you want?!” she hissed again.
I looked up into her eyes.
No trace of love or warmth –
