You held her on your arm. She was stunning, and classy too. You didn’t tell her.

You opened the door and walked through first. Like you always do.

That’s how you lost her.

Another guy moved in and swept her away. He held the door open on their way out.

With a background in filmmaking, Justene studied writing and directing at the University of Auckland. Her short story Seven Dollar Fifty Life was recently published in Snorkel Magazine #17. She is from Auckland, New Zealand.