Dearest,
Our last chat has left me with a kind of tasteless melancholy… melancholy that is targeted at nothing and triggered by everything – the coffee pot, the building next-door, the frayed cloth slipper on the pantry floor. I dare not venture into rooms that hold the real memories. You left some of your clothes on the bed in your room, and I found a pair of socks while I was doing the laundry. Yesterday Max brought me a belt of yours in his mouth. And locked somewhere in these rooms is the smell of you. I dont open any doors for fear of losing you again, wholly.
I dont want to go over what we said. We were both hurt, angry, scared. Its funny how these emotions keep coming back to us from childhood. Adulthood just brings exhaustion. I watch our children play in the mornings and wonder what I am to do now. They ask me why you have left.
I am sorry for what I have done to you, and to our children. But I do not regret it. Whether you understand or not my motivation for doing so, I dont know; I am thankful nonetheless that you have accepted this arrangement.
Love,
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