Chapter 67

"Give me back my passport."

"We're already over."

"Where I go next is none of your concern, Pax."

I turned off my phone, the pale glow fading into the darkness.

Silence settled around me, thick and unshakable.

Pax knew I had never left the country before.

Knew I had never even considered applying for a passport.

Yet here I was.

At the beginning of the year, he had mentioned it so casually, like it was just another passing thought.

"I heard the first snowfall in Norway is breathtaking."

"You should get your passport sorted. We should go together sometime."

Back then, I had laughed, brushing him off.

"We should save money first."

We had never traveled together.

Never even made real plans.

Not for him.

For myself.

I never told

phone vibrated again-a

the quiet, edged with disbelief,

said we broke

scoff. A short,

say

His confidence was maddening.

me, but do you really have

trip. You even went and got your passport,

you

let the words sit there,

even after everything, he still thought I wouldn't

Not him.

after all the years we had

that I'd forgive,

rough patch we'd

thought I'd still

Then-another message.

tone softened, his frustration giving way

told you I wanted to be honest with

what I wanted to

The lies.

The deception.

carefully crafted act, pretending to be

when he never was.

then Nina came back early,

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