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.

never

vibrated again–a voice message.

the quiet, edged with disbelief, amusement barely

said we broke

A short, incredulous

I say we were

confidence was maddening.

confidence was ma

of Love,

Chapter 7

to leave me, but do you really have

the trip. You even went and got your passport,

me.”

you

sit there, unread,

after everything, he still

Not him.

after all the years

hold on, that I’d forgive, that I’d let

I’d

Then–another message.

his frustration giving way

wanted to

wanted to tell

-The lies.

The deception.

struggling, pretending to be

came back early, and

A pause.

A sigh

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