Four Hundred Wildflowers

Unconditional Love

On the morning of our tenth anniversary, I woke to an empty space beside me and the brief, foolish hope that everything had somehow fixed itself overnight.

For three whole seconds, before I was fully awake, I forgot about the layoffs. I forgot the stack of unpaid bills beneath the fruit bowl, the job applications that vanished into silence, and the careful arithmetic we performed before buying groceries. I reached across the mattress, expecting to find Daniel’s shoulder.

The sheet was cool.

Then I remembered.

Ten years.

Our anniversary had arrived at the worst possible time.

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Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.