“Don’t miss me too much!”

“Wishing you success with your startup!”

Once Marina made up her mind, Talia and I couldn’t exactly interfere. We lifted our cups of warm water and clinked with her.

That night, Marina drank a lot. On the way back, she kept talking, rambling through everything she’d been through all these years.

“I used to want a relationship where we both wanted it, where it was mutual. But I never got the chance. ...