"Thaddeus, I haven't meant anything to you for a long time, have I? There's no need to force yourself anymore. It's miserable for you, and honestly, I find it unbearable too. If we're going to end things, let's end them cleanly. No half- measures."

She'd always been proud and decisive, the kind of woman who walked forward without ever glancing back.

The only time she'd let herself be vulnerable-utterly, without hesitation was for him.

Thaddeus's handsome face turned pale, his eyes clouded with a storm of emotions: somber, conflicted, unreadable.

Chad's gaze lingered in the air as he leaned over to pick up the dropped bouquet. He wheeled himself to the coffee table and arranged the lilies, one by one, into

the vase.

"It'd be a shame to throw these away. They're still beautiful in their own way," he remarked over his shoulder, the corners of his mouth curling in a way that was impossible to read.

Evadne closed her eyes. Thaddeus's voice was hoarse as he spoke. "Get some rest, then."

With that, he turned away, his steps mechanical as he made his way to the door.

"Thaddeus." She called his name.

He stopped, but didn't look back.

"From now on, you and I—we go our separate ways. Whatever we had, it's over. No ties left between us."

slender fingers clenched the sheets so tightly it seemed she might tear right through them, but her voice was cold, decisive. "You don't need to force yourself to come see me anymore. And I... I won't want to see

...


hospital room, his footsteps felt strangely weightless, as

his vision swimming in and out of focus. We're

echoed in his mind, tugging viciously at his nerves, beads of cold sweat breaking out across

"Thaddeus."

from behind. Thaddeus stopped and

wheelchair forward, a faint smile on his lips. "I'd like to

his fists, fighting the pain.

brothers made their

a bright afternoon, sunlight pouring down, but winter had already settled in. The chill wind burrowed under collars and up

yet for some

feels good to be home," Chad said, breathing in deeply. He coughed

beside

too cold up here


with

a hand to his chest. "Thaddeus, do you still care about your big

"Of course Thaddeus replied,

low.

everything so I could escape that night stm

of you. I could never forget

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