almost told you!

She asked, “What about marriage?” Sarcastically, I shot back, “Whom do you want me to marry?” He laughed. My heart did a somersault. For me, he was always there — quiet, constant, like background music I never noticed. until. it stopped.. Was it like the fiction? My world felt airy, fairy Because it has always been him, living rent-free in my mind. And it was me — too scared to confess, I let the truth , sink inside me, where no one could touch it.