✤ Adrian ✤
I knew the truth before I could truly accept it. It was the way my phone was still and hollow. The way her name no longer appeared. The way my messages refused to go through. And no matter how much I stared at the screen, or refreshed the page, or closed and reopened the app, nothing changed. Sera had blocked me. I understood that she wanted space. To think things through. But the realization that she had actually blocked me felt like something heavy was pressed against my chest. It felt as if I couldn’t breathe, and even now, as I sat at my desk in my office, I kept staring at the phone that lay between the stacks of ungraded papers. The truth was that I didn’t just miss her, I longed for her in a way that made me feel physically sick. And even though I understood it, I hated
