Today's OneWord: Tried

I tried to trust him. I tried to believe him. He told me he was set for life. He told me that his job was stable, that he'd quit drinking, that he was paying attention to his friends and family again. I let him back into my life because I thought he'd gotten better. Not cured, but rehabilitated. I trusted him on that.

But three weeks later, he was unemployed. He came home with a bottle of gin and drank the whole thing in one sitting. Then he closed himself up in the spare bedroom and didn't talk to me for two days.