He texted me, “I’m taking a last-minute trip with my ex, Lisa. Don’t get jealous.” I stared at the screen and replied, “Why would I?” Then I packed every shirt, every shoe, every lie he ever left in my house and dropped it all on Lisa’s doorstep. When he came back acting like nothing had changed, I opened the door, looked him in the eye, and said, “You should’ve stayed with her.” But that wasn’t even the part that broke him.
My name is Claire Bennett, and the day my boyfriend texted me that he was taking a last-minute trip with his ex was the day I finally stopped pretending I didn’t see the truth. Ethan and I had been together for three years. We lived in a townhouse I bought before I met him, though…