Chapter 44: The Old And The New

Decision on what to wear tonight. Things like this were my kryptonite; it was easy to dress up for work and dates, but anything that differed from these two always had me wanting to pull my hair out. It could be that I didn't want to dress too formally, but I didn't want to stand out while there.

Though I had known about it a month prior, I didn't prepare for it.

“Do you think she would be there?” Vivian asked over the phone as I pulled out the clothes I finally decided to wear.

A grey long sleeve, black suit and plain trousers. Unlike last year, there was no colour code.

I buttoned up my white shirt and adjusted its collar. “I do not know, and I do not care at this point,” I answered.

It was Robb and Ivory’s thirty-first anniversary, and it was the first formal outing I was going on without Cecil by my side.

We didn’t break up, but I came close to doing that. I knew Cecil, and I knew she would hurt herself if I ended things with her, especially now. We were just apart. Perhaps I'll