The job offer sits on Susan's coffee table, on embossed letterhead, premium paper, and with an official seal.
Vice President of Risk Assessment
Sterling Pacific Bank, San Francisco
Starting Salary: $300,000
I've read it twenty times and memorized every word.
It's everything I should want. Corner office and prestige. A fresh start three thousand miles away from New York.
Away from memories, away from pain, and away from Tony.
"You're still staring at it," Susan says, bringing coffee. "That's not a good sign."
"It's a great offer."
"That's not what I asked." She sits beside me. "Do you still love him?"
"That's not the question."
"It's the only question. Do you love Tony?"
I close my eyes. "Yes, but love isn't enough. Not when he's choosing everything else over us."
"Have you told him about the job offer?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because if I tell him, he'll make promises he won't keep. He'll say he'll change. That he'll do better and it'll be different this time."
