Chapter 0145
Abby

The morning sunlight streams through the curtains, casting a warm glow that starkly contrasts with the

cold feeling settling in my chest.

I’ve been up all night, haunted by Karl’s confession, the unending complications it brought into my life,

and the dilemma of Adam’s unknown intentions. Now, packing my bags feels like I’m folding away

pieces of a life that’s no longer within reach, no matter how close I almost came to trying to take it back. novelbin

I’m dressed in jeans and a hoodie for the train, and I’m almost done packing when the door swings

open. I glance up, startled, and there he is—Karl, his eyes puffy and bloodshot, a day-old stubble

darkening his jawline. It’s clear that he didn’t sleep much last night, either.

For a moment, he seems like a stranger, but the heartache I feel tells me he’s anything but.

“What do you want?” I snarl, unable to hide my disdain. “I’m almost done packing, and I’m about to call

my Uber. So if you have something to say, don’t waste my time.”

“Abby, let me take you to the train station,” he murmurs.

I roll my eyes, zipping my suitcase shut with a little more force than necessary. “That won’t be

necessary.”

the least I can

cut him off, my voice tinged with bitterness. “The least you could

that got us. But it’s too late now, so if you’ll excuse me,

I try to pass him with my bag

you to the train station, Abby. You don’t have to talk to

taking you.”

to argue, but the defeated look on his face

my handbag and

ride is tense, each passing mile stretching the silence taut like a tightrope between

small talk, but

you want

at a cafe along the

least get you some coffee for the trip

train—”

“I’m not hungry.”

a little while, and

part of me wants to tell him to screw off.

to brass tacks, I can’t

passing scenery outside the window, a dull blur of

fades into the

thoughts, and

station after what feels like an eternity, and Karl pulls into a

tightly. He turns off the ignition

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