One Month to Say Goodbye Forever

I passed the exam for the county clerk's office.

I hadn't even had the chance to tell my boyfriend, Timothy Sawyer, and yet on my very first day of work, I ran straight into him.

He was the first appointment I had to process. A couple, there to get their marriage license.

Him and another girl.

His pupils jumped when he recognized me behind the counter, and the hand holding Pansy Fox's let go, fumbling and quick.

His voice shook a little when he asked me,

"Why are you here?"

"Weren't you supposed to be taking the bar exam today?"