“I don’t think this is working anymore.”
Abby read the words on her phone screen for the hundredth time. And yet, the words made little sense to her.
In the two days since Martin, her boyfriend of nine years had broken up with her, the world had turned upside down for Abby. She had stayed in bed for the most part and had’nt even bothered to wash up or eat a proper meal. Empty packets of potato chips lay strewn about on her bedroom floor along with crumpled tissues.
‘How could he do this to me? To us?’ she thought. Tears poured down her cheeks for the dozenth time in two days and she grabbed a bunch of tissues to sob into.
Abby and Martin had been what their friends called ‘the perfect couple’ since they first met in college. One year her senior, he had asked her outright on the day of the fresher’s party. What started out as a tentative romance grew into a strong relationship over the next three years. Even when they took up jobs in different cities after college, WhatsApp messages and Skype calls kept the flame alive. “We’re gonna make it, you and I!” he always told her.
Soon, it was time for Martin to go to Australia for his higher education. Abby wished him luck and kissed him goodbye at the airport. “We’re gonna make it, you and I!” she said, holding back her tears. But time made fools of the young lovers, as in less than a few months’ time, Martin admitted to her that he had outgrown their relationship.
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