The Ex-Factor: A Dish Best Served

The steak knife in my hand felt heavy.

For five years, I' d been Chloe' s boyfriend, paying for dinners like this, writing her college papers, driving hours just to see her.

I thought it was devotion, love.

Tonight, sitting across from her, watching her giggle and feed asparagus to her ex, Chad, it just made my stomach clench.

She wasn' t even looking at me; she was looking at him.

His ex-girlfriend, Lily, sitting beside him, coolly observed the scene, her calm piercing my humiliation.