I woke up with the worst headache of my life. Not the kind sleep can fix.
The kind that comes from a heart that refuses to believe what my brain already knows.
Ash was curled up on the floor beside the bed, his arm tucked under his head like he'd just collapsed there waiting for me, watching over me. Like always.
My chest twisted.
I don't deserve him. Not after everything. He's already endured too much because of me….every fight, every rumor, every mess I dragged him into. And still, he stays. Still, he chooses me.
And now Liam's gone.
Every time I think about him, my chest feels like someone's crushing me from the inside out.
He was the first person I rode a bike with, the first person who taught me how to cheat in tests and laughed when we got caught. He wasn't just my bestfriend. He was my brother before I even understood what that word meant.
And today… I have to let him go.
How do you say goodbye to someone who's been with you your whole life?
