Ainsley left Jeremy six months later.
Not for Calvin. For herself.
"I don't want to be alone," she told her therapist. "But I already am. Even when he's in the room."
Calvin and Sadie tried couples counseling. They lasted three sessions before Sadie stopped coming.
He filed for divorce that winter.
Naturally, each found solace in the other's company. Safety. Belonging.
Before long, the friendship started to look like something else.
When Ainsley invited him over for dinner and he showed up with a bottle of wine and a homemade cheesecake, she kissed him at the door.
And this time, she didn't pull away.