Chapter 15

The hallway was dim, narrow, and heavy with the scent of rain. Faint droplets tapped against the windows, the muffled hum of water slipping through cracks in the pavement outside filling the silence between us.

1 froze.

For a brief, breathless moment, I thought this was it.

The moment the truth would slip out.

That Pax would finally piece everything together.

That my plans to leave would be dragged into the open, no longer something I could quietly pack away with the rest of my belongings.

But instead-

He smiled.

“Of course we are.”

His certainty was effortless, unwavering.

He thought she was talking about Norway.

Relief flooded through me, but it came tangled with something heavier–something I didn’t want to name.

The girl parted her lips, as if she wanted to say more, but her boyfriend–quicker, sharper–seemed to sense the sudden shift in the air.

He grabbed her hand lightly, pulling her back, offering a quick, polite farewell before leading her away.

like that, the moment

this

me to move into his

I was exhausted.

until we get back from Norway,” I said, my voice careful,

as if searching for

as if conceding to an unseen compromise,

at least have dinner

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opened my mouth to refuse, but he cut me off before I could

angry, hit me, yell at

quieter now, rough at the edges, like he wasn’t used to speaking this way–like he wasn’t used to pleading

“Just

be like this. Don’t

him then, really looked at

his normally

exhaustion beneath his eyes, the kind that lingered

slumped just a little, as if carrying something heavier than

my fingers tighter, nails digging into my

Pain.

and relentless, an ache lodged deep beneath my

Two years.

of real, honest

-Thad loved him.

in some small, quiet way,

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