Very painful scene, and I liked the idea of looking and seeing the ghost of what had been before. Definitely a heart breaking situation. Some minor nitpicks: I think the sentence about smiling should be, “…smile she had chosen to share…”. Also, I didn’t quite get the context of the last statement. I kind of do now after a reread or two, but just thought I’d mention it.
I really appreciate you’re advice. I lost a lot of contextual information throughout the short due to the character limitation. I am sorry if reads strangely though.