During those two years I had spent falling in love with Brandon, that ex-boyfriend, my supposed destiny, had been attending graduate school in Los Angeles. But when I got there, I found out from a mutual friend that he was planning to stay. As my anxiety about him grew, my relationship with Brandon began to suffer. Had the entirety of my two-and-a-half-year relationship with Brandon just been a mirage? Or had I made my destiny true by believing in it?

Source: New York Times June 21, 2019 03:56 UTC