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 never

vibrated again-a

poured into the quiet, edged

we broke

A short,

say we were

His confidence was maddening.

you can't bear to leave me, but do

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

are you still

let the words

now, even after everything, he still thought I

Not him.

the years we had spent

thought I would hold on, that I'd forgive, that I'd let this become

patch we'd get

I'd still

Then-another message.

his frustration giving way to something

when I told you I wanted to be honest

I wanted to

The lies.

The deception.

carefully crafted act, pretending to be struggling, pretending to be one of

when he never was.

then Nina came back early, and

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