00:00The hotel room smelled like recycled air and cheap soap.
00:03I didn't go home that night and hadn't slept well for days.
00:07I'd found it by accident.
00:08A document left open on the shared desktop.
00:11A formal appeal.
00:12Both signatures.
00:13Filed within weeks of our match.
00:15Requests to dissolve pairing.
00:17Grounds.
00:17Incompatibility.
00:18They'd tried to get rid of me before we'd even started.
00:21I sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the carpet.
00:23Is there something wrong with me?
00:25Why does no one ever want me?
00:27I'd asked myself that before.
00:28In foster care, when families came and chose everyone else.
00:32In school, eating alone for a semester and pretending I didn't mind.
00:35I thought I was done asking.
00:37I wasn't.
00:38I cried dramatically.
