She Mourned the Wrong Hero

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The apartment was too big, the silence inside it vast and hollow. On the kitchen table sat last night’s untouched dinner, gone cold under the dim pendant light. Garlic-glazed chicken, slow-simmered short ribs, steamed greens, and a bowl of winter melon soup—everything Hannah loved most. We had screamed at each other until our throats were raw. Then she slammed the door, ordered an Uber, and disappeared into the rain. I stayed in that kitchen chair all night, watching the headlights sweep across the ceiling, waiting just like I always did. Whenever she got angry, she shut her phone off, cutting me out of her world until she decided I had suffered enough to earn a response. By ten the next morning, on my third call, the line finally clicked open. "Are you seriously still doing this?" Her voice was sharp, grating with irritation. "Call after call after call. Nate, you are driving me insane!" A wave of relief washed over me, fragile and pathetic. I softened my voice, keeping it as gentle as glass. "I was terrified something happened to you. If you hadn't picked up, I was going to call the police." "The police?" she scoffed, her tone rising in disgust. "I am a grown woman. I go where I want, when I want. Who the hell do you think you are? Your love is suffocating, Nate. I can't breathe around you anymore." "Hannah, please—" "I went out with a friend," she snapped. "Is that a crime now?" "No. I'm sorry," I whispered, the words slipping out out of sheer habit. "It's my fault. Please don't be mad." "Your fault? Really?" A smug, triumphant edge crept into her voice. "Then tell me. List it out for me, Nate. Let's see just how sincere this apology actually is." I swallowed against the hard knot in my throat, blinking through a veil of hot tears. "I shouldn't have questioned why you checked into a hotel with him," I said, my voice shaking. "I shouldn't have gotten upset when you went out of town together without telling me. I shouldn't have started an argument over it, and I sh

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