He Thinks I’m Someone Else And I Let Him

LUCIA I can’t sleep. I pace my apartment until dawn. Rehearsing what I’ll say. How I’ll explain. “West, I’m not […]

WESTLEY One month. It had been one month since Carmen came back into my life. One month of the best

LUCIA Cafe Allegro was crowded. I scanned the room, looking for someone who might be Vera. A woman in the

WESTLEY The photos Jonah showed me were grainy—security camera footage from Phoenix. A woman who looked like Carmen. Same height,

LUCIA I should end it. That’s what I told myself every morning. Today’s the day I’ll tell West the truth.

WESTLEY(Five Years Ago) I was going to marry Carmen Santos. I knew it the moment she laughed at my terrible

LUCIA I should not be here. I definitely should not be here. But here I was, standing on the porch

LUCIA This was insane. I was sitting across from Westley Archer at a wine bar in Capitol Hill and he

WESTLEY She was sitting next to me. Carmen was sitting next to me. For five years I’d imagined this moment,

LUCIA The espresso machine screamed its familiar shriek, but I didn’t even flinch anymore. Six months of working at Brew