's vi

ng a mix of emotions. He hadn't responded t

pened it, I saw the look in his eyes

rt sank. There, in his livi

ook in the scene. The

n the gut. All the doubts, all

ked, trying to kee

ut he didn't deny it. "Ke

ng out the door, tears

matter anymore. All that mattered w

tus following close behind. "Kelly, w

lurring my vision. How

me, grabbing my arm. "

"No, Augustus. I do

ch. I felt like my

ow us away like this?" Augu

rt mixing in my eyes. "You th

o focused on your work, Kelly. You value it

t of me knew he wasn't entirely wrong. My

g to sound convincing. But Augus

first, Kelly. And I understand th

didn't know how to balance

es was real, but so was t

iting within me. "You think it's all my fault

r, and for a moment, Aug

been distant for a long time, Kelly. You've been

all the blame. "We both made mistake

ationship had been a complex web of

oice rose. "You think you can just walk away

gnation. "Need you? Af

peechless. Did he really think I was st

turning to walk away. "I deserve be

r just below the surface, but I

like a vice, pulling me back. I

trying to shake him o

manic. "You'll never love anyone like you l

wn my spine. This wasn

renched my arm free. "I'm done

liberation. I was finally free from

ing like I was in a daze. The confrontation wit

he tears flow. The pain and betrayal

his to me? Why ha

e as I mourned the loss of our

like I was letting go of the toxic re

ered, a reminder that h

us's v

rled inside me. I couldn't believe she'd seen Sarah

not yet. I still had feelings

hadowed by anger. She wasn't supposed to see this

tainty, I realized I wasn't ready

r, to keep her in my lif

ion through me. I would find a way to

ver. "You shouldn't have let her see us

r. "I didn't know she was coming, she is your

d before I knew it, I was pulling

ost primal. I was trying to a

I felt a pang of guilt, but I was not one to feel that, I bent her ove

for her to adjust with my length, I increased my pace hard and fas