She Won

Damion

I needed my nights and weekends free to be with Oliver and hopefully a girlfriend and maybe one day, a wife. It was going to be extremely difficult to leave Alex behind, but with time, it would get easier. I needed someone who was ready to settle down. She wasn’t that person. I cared for her, and I appreciated what we had, but it wasn’t meant to last.

“I don’t want to go,” Oliver said after taking a few more bites. “I like it here. I want to stay.”

I smiled. “I know you like it here, but we have to go.”

“But, Dad,” he whined. “I don’t want to.”

“I promise things will be different. I will be home more often. We’ll spend more time together.”

He tossed his fork onto his plate and pushed it away. “I don’t want to go.”

I could see the tears in his eyes and hated that I had to do it to him. “I know. I get it. I like it here too, but it isn’t the place for us. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but one day, you will. You’ll understand and things will be better.”

He got up from th