It had been six months since the accident. Katherine tried to go on. She tried to live as things has been before. Nothing was the same. She was not the person she had been a few seconds earlier.
She worked that day. She came home. She had dinner. Her phone rang. "hello." she said. "hi Katie it's matt. "he said. She did not expect him to call. She had not heard from him since they met at the coffee shop. She did not expect to. they were barely acquaintances. "I wanted to check in. "he said.
"I am ok. The nightmares have abated a bit. I still get anxious. I am doing better. The therapy is helping. "she told him. "good. I a glad. "he said.
"How are you doing? i want your real answer. I don't want the answer you tell everyone. "she said. "I am numb. I don't feel anything. It's like it's not me. It's like I am watching from afar." he said.


"We never really argued. It was petty stuff. It never...