I Was Grateful for My Mask Today

When I bumped into my ex-fiancé at a supermarket.

Disclaimer: Not actually how I dress to go to the supermarket. Image by AS Inc. on Shutterstock

I was grateful for the mask today when I bumped into you.

“It’s been a while, Beckett. How have you been?” you asked.

Knowing instantly, intimately, who the voice belonged to, I twisted my head in your direction.