What We Left in the Wreckage

Everyone said Caleb Hayes was crazy about her. For years, they were the kind of love story that burns down buildings, until in their seventh year he met the one he said he was truly meant for. One spectacular fight, and they were over.

Five years later, on the third day after his return to the States, Caleb smashed her food truck to pieces in a public square to defend his new girl's honor. She slapped the girl three times, and they both ended up at the precinct. She refused to reconcile, so they locked her up; he posted bail, paid the fine, and walked out with his arm around the other woman.

Now he and his fiancée have found her again, at three in the morning, at the barbecue truck that is her livelihood. She is already dying, and the damages from his rage would cover a week of her chemo. When you're already dying, you stop giving a damn about being polite.