A Reunion Seven Years Later

We were reborn on the day of our college graduation.

Neither of us mentioned staying together.

She took off for New York with a senior from our school, while I stayed in our hometown to start my own business.

Seven years passed.

She became a vice president at a major corporation, successful in both her career and her love life.

I was still grinding away at my startup.

When we met again, she was clinging to her boyfriend's arm, chin held high, sneering at me as I stood there, drenched in th