She Texted After Three Years

Divorced men, What did she say when you refused totake her back? I hadn't heard from

her in three years, not a birthday message, not a stray email, not a single accidental like on old photos.

Then on a random Tuesday morning, while I was brushing my teeth and scrolling through notifications,

there it was, Alice. Hey, random question, why are you still

single? I stared at the message for a solid minute, toothbrush hanging

out of my mouth like some kind of idiotic question mark. I hadn't seen her

name on my screen since the day our divorce finalized. We'd both signed the dotted line.

She walked out of the courthouse with sunglasses on and her new boyfriend waiting in the car,