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"Avery?" Kelly calls A moment later, the door opens and he steps inside, followed by Max I’ down," I lie "I just had a ht with Jacob on the phone"

"I’m sorry"

Sorry

It’s not him who should be sorry It’s s happen in threes Teeks ago my life felt real Nate ith me and I felt a love I’d never felt before Now it’s been three days since I told him to leave my house, and I’ve not heard fro that he’ll call The agony ripping throughI can’t explain It burns every second of every minute of every hour of the day

He’s brokenback He lovesto co to be happy together, forever That moment doesn’t come--no--but he does come toin e know

"We need to talk," he rasps

Those four words have so

He steps pastelse but his words The words that are never good They never end well They break everything When he turns to , with a pathetically broken piece of , so real he wouldn’t just throw it away He wouldn’t He promised

Promises are made to be broken

"I didn’t call and I’m sorry," he says, his voice shaky "I went home to leave Lena, I did, Avery, but she told meshe told me she’s sick"

Sick

Sick

He stares at his feet He can’t even look at me