memoirs
Until Then: An Excerpt
…They just sat close to each other, playing with each other’s hand, not really knowing what to do next, or what to say, and worse, how to say goodbye.
She was resting her head on his shoulder when she finally said it: “I can never hate you. I don’t think I can, and I don’t think I will.”
He sighed in relief as he closed his eyes to savor her words. Gently he hugged her close as he kissed the top of her head. “Thank you,” he whispered.
She looked up at him with a smile, then she wrapped her arms around him for a hug, like it was for the very last time. She had always missed being in those arms—and she knew she would go on missing that, but she also knew that she doesn’t have to wait that long to be in the arms of someone else, maybe someone who’s just as great, if not better.
“Is this it?” He asked, still holding her in his arms.
“It’s better this way.”
“What if—“
“I can’t afford any more what ifs,” she cut him short, looking at him. “If something ever becomes of this, then we’ll go from there. Until then, let’s leave it all here for now.”
He smiled at her, the very same smile he had the first time he saw her. She had forgiven but had not forgotten. She had loved and lost, but was never defeated. All that and more was the woman he knew he loved, and in his heart of hearts would go on loving, forever.
“Yeah,” he whispered back, holding her close for one last time. "Until then.”
