Chapter 7

“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.

a future I never told him about.

again–a voice message.

the quiet, edged with disbelief, amusement

said we broke

short, incredulous laugh.

we were over?”

confidence was

confidence was ma

Years of Love,

Chapter 7

know you can’t hear to leave me, but do you really have to

looking forward to the trip. You even went and got your passport, didn’t

me.”

are you

let the words sit there,

even after everything, he still thought

Not him.

years we had

that I’d let

I’d still be

Then–another message.

frustration giving way to something gentler, something

I wanted to be honest with you?”

I wanted to

-The lies.

The deception.

pretending to be one

back early, and everything

A pause.

A sigh

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