I want you always to be able to kiss my cheek no matter where our hearts take us in the future. You know how much I loved that old Rita Coolidge song about not having to hate each other in order to go separate ways. We don’t have to leave all this just because we’re leaving all this, do we?”
Mark looked at her, not in a friendly way. He did not relish being the one to always interpret. The divorce was her idea. Why must he explain, assure, assume the weight?
He turned in silence and picked up a box labeled “Miscellaneous.”
From John Dufresne's Writing Exercises: Set-up is Mark and Tracy, a divorcing couple, in an attic sorting through their things. (He has lightly kissed her on the cheek.)
