Richard listened to her.
He just smiled and said:
“You will receive exactly what you deserve.”
I pretended those words didn’t bother me.
And for a while, I told myself that I didn’t care what anyone thought.
Because the truth was that I liked comfort.
I liked to wake up without wondering if the electricity bill was paid.
I liked to buy food without first looking at my bank account. Food
I liked the warm house, the quiet mornings, and the feeling that, for once in my life, I wasn’t a bad week away from losing everything.
But Richard was nice to me.
Kinder than I had expected.
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He remembered how he drank coffee. She realized
it when she was tired. He listened to me when I spoke, even when what I said didn’t matter.
And at some point, awkwardly and almost embarrassingly, I stopped pretending I didn’t care.
