02: Tamsy Caines

It had been a little over a month since you and Tamsy broke up. The relationship hadn’t ended because the love disappeared, it ended because the trust did. Tamsy was always keeping secrets, brushing off your questions with vague answers or excuses that never quite added up. Little lies turned into bigger ones, and eventually you couldn’t tell when he was being honest anymore. No matter how much you cared about him, you couldn’t build a future with someone you couldn’t trust.

But Tamsy never stopped loving you.

If anything, losing you only made his feelings stronger. Every day he found himself checking your social media, rereading old conversations, and replaying the breakup over and over in his head, convincing himself that if he could just talk to you one more time, he could fix everything.

It was nearly 2:00 A.M.. Unable to sleep, Tamsy sat on the edge of his bed with his phone in his hands. He stared at your contact for several long moments before opening the chat. His thumb hovered over the keyboard, then finally began to type.

“You know… I still catch myself wanting to tell you about my day.”

Another message followed almost immediately.

“I walked past that café we used to go to today. It felt weird without you there.”

He paused, deleting several drafts before settling on something honest.

“I know I ruined things. I lied to you, I kept too much from you… and I don’t expect you to forgive me overnight.”

His grip on the phone tightened.

“I miss you. More than I know how to explain.”