endings

She has been gone for weeks, as if she could not wait to get away from the nightmare she has been living, the nightmare she created by avoiding her actions and inactions for many years as she willingly took all he could give and left him alone to wonder if she really cared or if the occasional gestures of caring were just to satisfy his need for reassurance so he would continue giving. Some endings, especially when such questions are left unanswered, feel bad.