He zoomed off, leaving her alone on the park bench.
She knew this was final. She sat crying for a while. A good cry never did anybody any harm, her mother used to say. They’d been together since their school days, but it had always been the case that they wanted different things from life. In spite of her grief, they both agreed that the breakup was inevitable. She wanted to marry, have children and settle down. All perfectly natural things to crave for, she thought. Her parents had said from the start that they’d help with the money to get them started. She had even talked him into looking at show homes and houses from time to time, but it was obvious that his heart just wasn’t in it.
All he really cared about was his electric scooter.