He Regretted Letting Me Go

Synopsis

Years after breaking up with Rodney Aguirre, I watched an interview with him. He had grown far more mature and reserved, poised and dignified in every way. Gone was the boy who had stood before me all those years ago, grinning bright as the sun, with that silly, lovesick look plastered on his face. At the end of the interview, the host asked him in a low voice about his love life. He shook his head and smiled faintly. "I'm not settled down." I washed an apple, my mind drifting back to the day he had broken up with me. He had told me that he was entering an arranged marriage.