I couldn’t leave, and he couldn’t leave. He stood on the sidewalk and I kept going back for one more hug and one more kiss. I would get in the car and get back out of the car. When I finally managed to get in the car and stay in the car, we just kept our eyes on each other, and he walked backward into the sliding doors pulling his luggage. And then when he was out of sight behind the second set of doors, I pulled away from the curb, and it was like having vital organs ripped out of me.

Looking back now, it probably wasn’t a good idea to drive because I was crying so hard I couldn’t see anything. I was driving down I-93, and it was like not even being in my own body. It was like that for a long time.

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