Early one morning as she rose to take a shower, he told her she needed to move out. To his surprise, she did so that very day. He figured she’d soon become lonely and scared and beg to come home. Instead, she grew more self-assured and started doing things that made her happy. At first, he couldn’t believe this was happening, but after a while, he realized how much sense it made. He rethought how he treated everyone, not just her, and began imagining himself as two people. The one who had defined his actions for so very long seemed like an unwelcome stranger, but in his effort to calibrate a new identity, his memory kept reminding him he didn’t know who he was. His entire history, despite its familiarity, seemed like someone else’s invention.
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Eric Stephenson
Eric Stephenson served in Alpha Company, 2/75th Ranger Battalion from 1982 to 1987. He has taught English at various colleges and universities since 1998 and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of US Represented, as well as a contributing writer.
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