It came from nowhere, unbidden and unwelcome. It felt like a sharp stab of sadness, like a ghost from the life I almost had with him. Today was one of those days.
Lost in thought, I nearly jumped out of my chair when my phone rang. I glanced at the screen and BAM, I felt my heart skip a beat. It was David.
My fingers hovered over the answer button. A mix of curiosity and apprehension swirled within me as my heart started pounding. Why was he calling me now, after all this time?
Taking a deep breath, I did something I probably shouldn’t have. I answered the call.
“Hello?” I whispered, barely holding it together.
“Hi, Emma,” came the reply. His voice was both familiar and foreign with a tremor hinting at something significant.
He was crying, I realized.
“I’m getting married today.”
My heart dropped. He told me he only had a few minutes before the ceremony started and begged me not to hang up.
Then he said something that made the room tilt.
