A husband leaves his wife stranded at a party, promising to come back in five minutes. Five minutes that stretch into an hour, then two, while she stands there wondering if love means waiting or just learning to fend for herself.

Some people treat group trips like an escape room, and when the pressure builds, they just walk out the door. The husband didn’t want to deal with the crowd, so instead of saying he needed space, he took the car and left his wife behind at the cabin. No warning, no plan, no thought about how she’d get home or how it would look to everyone else. He just vanished, like he was playing a solo survival game and everyone else was just NPCs.