I Wish You Would Come Back

A Story Title Challenge

 Sadie wasn't one to go back on her word. It was over with Shan. After all, wasn't she playing second fiddle. Everything came before she did. 

Of course, maybe she was just being petty. After all, she'd never had a boyfriend before. Shan was her one and only and he'd never told anything about him. Hardly a prince charming, he did like to lounge around in her sleep pants and order pizza on her debit card. 

So, she knew he must have been coddled. Maybe he was just a lazy bum who only woke up for a game night with his bros on his expensive phone. Yes, it took a while for her to figure it out. He was definitely something Nana would say NO to after the first five minutes of meeting him.

But Sadie was shy and a hard worker. She wanted to make her way into the company. And it would happen if Shan didn't keep popping in at all the wrong moments. 

Finally, one day he went too far. But it wasn't money. It wasn't catching him in a kiss with anyone. 

Sadie met his mother. 

Shan was rich and Sadie was a golddigger according to his mother. Sadie was ruining his life. His mother's big production was where Sadie worked in the downtown business district. Sadie was in the middle of a coffee run for the big shots. It left Sadie stunned. She didn't understand why he'd lied to her.

"I'm ruining your life!" She bellowed when he came trudging into her little apartment that she called home. She lived on peanut butter and ramen thanks to him. Well, it was over. She didn't need someone like him in her life. She didn't wait for him to say anything. No way would she have to bow down to a rude mother. It might as well be slavery if she played by all their rules. 

Still, it hurt. She felt ill for the rest of the week, but of course, she didn't call in. There would be more work to do if she missed a day. Yes, it was best to throw herself into her work, weekends included.

It wasn't easy since the weekends were for Shan. Oh, it was nothing too exciting. Just watching TV, a nice walk in the park, window shopping. Really, she couldn't remember the last gift she got for him. 

Sadie wanted to believe her place was a lot cleaner now. Maybe it was just therapeutic to clean. Really, it was hard to be alone. But she wasn't spending her paycheck on him. The apartment didn't smell of cigarettes and his stinky socks. See, this helped her remember that she was glad he was gone.

Yet the question remained. Why didn't he tell her? Was he just a poor little rich boy? It sank deep that she was not the kind of girl you could bring home to your mother. She didn't think she was that poor.

Still, she could find him in a dream. She thought of his smile and the good things about him. He always knew when to buy her ice cream. Charged her phone when she'd forget. Yes, such simple times. He said she was the one he loved. She was the one who liked his favorite TV shows. Who could sing every song from FROZEN. If only that were enough.