Salvation

“The day you told me you’d kissed someone else, I felt like killing you. Everything inside me seemed to separate; as if a knife had worked its way through my organs and split me in two. I felt so much pain it made me sick – so sick I’m still in therapy, all these years later.”
“Were you born a martyr or was it something your oh so dominant mother forced into you?”

“That’s no way to speak about my mother.”

“And you whinging like a little girl is no way to speak to me. You’re thirty-five for Christ’s sake; we dated when we were sixteen – and even then for only a few months. Why should I take the blame if you’re nuts?”

“Because I was fine before we met. Because you were my first love. Because I would have done anything for you and all you did was beat me up; rip me apart –“

“Please, stop it with the metaphors. Anyone would think you’re trying out for a part in ‘Neighbours’.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s the way I feel.”

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