Bits of Dialogue from a Car Ride that Shouldn’t Have Happened a Year after He Moved Out Because She Let Herself Get False Hope after He Recently Acknowledged that He’d Projected Some of His Stuff onto Her

I don’t understand!

My friends all understand.

Can you get one of them to explain it to me then?

I woke up one day and didn’t want to be married anymore. That’s it.

If I hurt you, truly, I want to know how, so I don’t make the same mistakes with someone else.

You can think I’m an asshole if you want. Maybe you should.

I don’t. Want to.

You can make up any stories about me that you want.

I don’t want to make up stories about my marriage. I want the true story this time.