I held the phone away from my ear, not sure what just happened. It would be better if I didn't call? Better for whom? Certainly not me. Did he not think I deserved even the vaguest of explanations? Even after I'd let myself spin out of control and fall for him?

I hung up the phone and blinked down at the lines between the shiny tiles on the floor. Straight and narrow. Like the path I'd had all planned out when I'd arrived back in D.C. Instead, I'd let my heart lead me blind like ...