The one boy she had believed was her happily ever after—the one she imagined holding onto for years, maybe forever—had shattered everything. She had loved him fiercely, quietly, completely. She had poured every piece of herself into that relationship, always thinking of him first, always trying to make him feel cherished. She remembered saving her pocket money to buy him thoughtful gifts for anniversaries, remembered writing him letters she never sent, remembered telling her friends that this was what real love felt like.