Eyes Across the Table

I slumped over the steering wheel, my mind swirling with a thousand thoughts.

The desolation from my previous life was something I couldn't let myself dwell on anymore. I treated it as if it belonged to another version of me, enduring trials in a parallel world.

Now, I had stopped trying to please everyone, and begging for love was no longer my routine.

The morning sun rose as always, and life wen