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Home

I turn off the shower, still not feeling like I washed Jason away I can only hope he doesn’t co for me

Chapter Two

Henry

I sit back in my desk chair and look out at the city It’s the saer than I can re about him andone another and life They call and check in, but I know they’re happy traveling the world

I’ve got a stack of papers on o over, but I don’t feel like it today For some reason, I’ve felt an ache in my chest for the past couple of days, one I haven’t felt in a long ti in hts drift to Kory, just like they always do

I rub the place between my ribs and wonder if this is exactly whatout onto a city where he knew the love of his life was, but she was just beyond his reach

For years I tried to fight it, but it never once went away Not even for a second

I think back to the day I asked her to the prom and how it all seemed so perfect I picked her up at her aparthed and held hands while ent to my aunt and uncle’s house for pictures She looked so beautiful in her white dress I kept thinking she looked hteen years old, I pictured her walking down an aisle to me, and I wanted so badly for it to be real

But then everything went to shit, and in an instant, it was gone

I’ not to be I knew the way he ithelse mattered I never wanted to be that way I didn’t want soerous That’s what I knew to be true But all it took was one look at Kory and all of that changed

It’s been years and I haven’t gotten over her The day she disappeared was the day I lost lanced at another woht have notlike it since I knehen I was eighteen that I’d ers

I could have tracked her down a thousand times over I could have hired a tea her back to me, but that wasn’t what she wanted She left too days after prole word I sent hundreds of texts I called until my number was blocked I even went to her house so many times that her mom called the cops Kory chose to erase ive her the only thing I could, which was ht ere just kids, but it was more to me than that It still is Only I choose to bury it deep down inside me and put food on top of it Pandora always tells ht

My parents knew so the next day, but I didn’t tell theh it wasn’t ht, and she wouldn’t hearI could to explain, but eventually it wasn’t about what I wanted It was about giving her peace

Now my life is all about my work andelse Kory Summers is theto change I’ve learned to live with the ache, but some days are easier than others

There’s a knock on my office door and I turn around to seehis tablet with an expectant look on his face

“The set of contracts I gave you thisneed to be sent to the courier by the end of business today You’ve had three calls froal team over the new proposal froht people instead of bothering you with them I’ve canceled your lunch as per your request and I’veto to the stylus to his screen He looks up at lassed with a polite smile