Alone

For the next several days, I have no visitors. I only receive a few texts from my mother. I decide to draft a text message to send to Alice.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said what I did. Can we chat again?"

After contemplating the message for a few hours, I push send. I wait a few days but do not get a response from Alice. Did she break up with me? Are we still dating?

I fill the days with physical therapy and thoughts of what I shall say to my mother, and hopefully, Alice, again.