The One That Got Away
It’s one of love’s hardest lessons.
7 min readApr 28, 2020
The night I met Jack* is a puzzle missing the corner pieces. Bourbon will do that to you. Six years ago, I sat perched at the edge of a barstool, swirling the ice in my drink as if every clink against the glass could wash away my divorce. I was on the spin cycle phase of letting go.