Mona's throat constricted and she swallowed once...twice - trying to dislodge the lump that suddenly formed there.
"You were everything to me too," she told Alex. Past tense; everything was in the past. "I loved you too. Haven't loved anyone since."
Sure there had been others, but Mona could never bring herself to love them as she had the boy - no the man - in front of her. She wanted to tell Alex that she still loved him, but did she?
Or did she love the Alex that she remembered?
"Can I get you two anything else?"
Mona was startled by the appearance of their server, and she shook her head.