The Last Photo of Us

That afternoon, the company needed us to submit a photo with our emergency contact.

I searched through my entire phone before remembering an absurd fact.

My boyfriend and I had been together for eight years, yet we did not have a single photo together, because every time I brought up taking one, he said he did not like photos, and I never thought much of it.

I called him and asked him to send me a selfie.

His voice was flat, like he was brushing me off: “I’m busy right now, I’m in a meeting.”

Then he hung up.