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.

future I

vibrated again-a voice

edged with disbelief, amusement barely veiling

said we

scoff. A

I say we

His confidence was maddening.

to leave me, but

forward to the trip. You even went and got your passport, didn't you? Secretly,

are you still

the words

even after everything, he still thought I wouldn't

Not him.

after all the years we had spent

thought I would hold on, that I'd forgive, that I'd

patch we'd

he thought I'd still be

Then-another message.

tone softened, his frustration giving way to something gentler, something

I told you I

I wanted

The lies.

The deception.

pretending to be struggling, pretending to be

when he never was.

then Nina came back early, and everything

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