The image of Benjamin and Erica in the shower, their bodies entwined in a passionate embrace, burned in her mind like a branding iron. She couldn't understand what Erica had that she didn't, what made her so special in Benjamin's eyes.
As she typed out her message to Benjamin, her anger and hurt boiled over. She wanted answers; she wanted to know why she wasn't enough for him and why he could so easily discard her for someone else.
But deep down, she knew she was also trying to hold on to something that was already lost. She was trying to hold on to the illusion of their relationship—the fantasy that she was the only one who mattered to him.
