ce is calm and focused as if this isn't the home we had built together, as if these weren't our m

y a whisper, he glances up, hi

re?" I demand, thou

if I am inconv

hael, I'm cleaning u

I made? "Gesturing around

t so much as a word! And now you're here...

es at one of the movers to continue taking

ured you'd want some of them ba

I echo, my

ve a note like some coward, and now you show up to throw

eyes, regret, maybe, or guilt. But just as quickly as it appears, it is replaced by that same cold

t my home? You'll seriously stand there and s

ack to me as he continue

just here to move forward with m

d and loving. I knew he had a bit of anger issues, but I never imagined this. I had nev

n explanation, Jack. You don't just get to walk away from

moment, I think he might say something real or honest. But then h

s going to give me. No closu

had been ready for the heartbreak and anger, but not

d defeated, a voice I know al

o see her. It would've been awkwar

he doorway is Hannah. Her figure has changed since the last time I saw her, an

er me like a tidal wave. "Don'

vision blurs, the edges going dark as th

ers, our celebrations. I had trusted her and believed she was my friend too. My heart

move. I cou

lled with shock and pain. "How long has this bee

o my horror, they both exch

ally speaks, her voice

. We owe her no explan

for him to say something, deny it, and tell me this is some sick joke. But all he does is stand there and watch me with a cold detac

lives, so please, can you leave us alone now." Jack sa

shed tears, but more than the sadness, something else st

ising with every word, my heart pounding in my

uel sound that grates agai

her eyes glinting with malice. "They never li

grab a jagged piece of broken glass from the floor, my hand trembl

h, but not fast enough. The glass slices

sing his hand to his bleeding face.

ard them, ready to lunge at Hannah and wipe that smug smile off her face, but before I can, strong hands grab m

ng against their hold, my voice ra

heir grip, my heart shatters into a million pieces. Jack doesn't even look at me. Neit

g I had ever known, everything I had ever loved, is gone. And the worst