He would never consciously acknowledge it, but when he finally broke things off with Karen…exactly one hundred days had passed since Pam’s declaration.

In the few short months that they had been together, he and Karen had laughed a few times, kissed a few times, and made each other smile a few times, too.

But they had also fought, and argued, and glared at each other, and been suspicious, malicious, and angry hundreds of times over.

The possibility of happiness was simply overshadowed by the inevitability of sadness.

When it was over, neither noticed the other one’s sigh of relief.