A week into our relationship, he worries, “Someone’s going to take you away from me.”

With the insurmountable zeal of one possessed, he roots out this adversary in my ex-boyfriend, office colleagues, the sound of incoming text messages, my frightened eyes.

Never does he think to look in the mirror.

Michelle Wilson’s words have appeared in Entropy Squared, 50-Word Stories, 101 Words, Literally Stories, Flash Fiction Magazine, and Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, among others. She lives in Miami Beach, Florida. Sometimes, she can be found at medium.com/@wilsmk.