-- night. The horror and the pain on repeat in my head while I slept. Leaving me in tears every night when it ends. I had to do --

-- something. I had to, otherwise I'd be crying over an ex that has been long gone even when I try and move on. Which won't happen if --

-- I'm still having that goddamn dream. Setting my jaw, I nodded to myself and shot up out of bed. With resolve in my step, I pulled a --

-- t-shirt over my head and left the room. As I went downstairs to make myself breakfast, I wiped at a final tear as I went to the stereo --

-- system and turned on a song to keep my mind busy while I made myself some eggs. Picking out a CD to play was difficult. But I finally --

-- settled on an Abba album, flipping through the songs until I found one I wanted. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by Abba. Closing my eyes, I --

-- took a deep breath and went into the kitchen to start cooking as the song began. As I got a pan out of the cupboard, I set it on the --

-- stove as I began to sing along, my mind drifting to my ex|• No more carefree laughter. Silence ever after. Walking through an empty --

-- house. Tears in my eyes... •|putting my spatula down, I let the fingers of my right hand wander to where my wedding band would still --

-- be if he hadn't done what he did to lose me. Guiding my fingers over the now empty patch where the ring used to be, I let my --

-- eyes drift to the fireplace prior to walking over and crouching|• Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye. •|crouching down, --

-- I completely forgot about my uncooked breakfast as I reached for a match to light up a fire, not even bothering to keep the tears at --

-- bay as I began to sing along|• Knowing me, knowing you. There is nothing we can do. Knowing me knowing you. We just have to face it --

-- this time we're through. Breaking up is never easy, I know, but I have to go. Knowing me knowing you. It's the best I can do... --

-- •|closing my eyes, I quickly wiped a tear away prior to slipping my hand into my pocket, wrapping my fingers around the wedding band. --

-- I can't believe I kept it this long. I guess part of me hoped he'd come back. Only a small part though. With a sigh, I did something --

-- I've been putting off for quite a while. I tossed the ring in the fire and stood to my feet, wiping my hands on my jeans before going --

-- back to my breakfast as the rest of Knowing Me, Knowing You played, without my company, in the background, determining that if I were --

-- to find another man, everything would turn out differently. I was going to be more cautious about who I gave my heart to, --

-- if anyone at all.|• #EndSolo