Heartbreak is erupting, and I don’t want to be left here being laughed at by his bitch PA. I turn on my heel and start pushing back out of this infernal bar. Eyes filling up and insides crumbling. So many people get in my way, and it’s near impossible to get anywhere fast. I feel like my body is being pulled through a wringer as I fight the sweep of incoming bodies. Hurting, breathless, and trying to hold my shit together while my heart self-implodes.

I get to the door finally. My ...