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.

future I never told him

again–a voice

poured into the quiet, edged with disbelief, amusement barely

said we

scoff. A short,

we

confidence was maddening.

confidence was ma

of Love,

Chapter 7

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

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

me.”

you

the words sit

now, even after everything, he still thought I wouldn’t

Not him.

all the years we had spent together.

would hold on, that I’d forgive, that I’d let this become just another rough patch we’d

I’d still

Then–another message.

his frustration giving way

told you I wanted to be honest

I wanted

-The lies.

The deception.

to be struggling, pretending to be one of us when he never was.

early, and everything got…

A pause.

A sigh

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