Sidney's POV
I didn't know how things had gotten to this point.
I had waited for her, hoping she'd find the courage to open that door and explain what Natalie had said. That's all it would've taken—a simple explanation, and I would have believed her.
But why had it ended like this?
Watching her walk away, I was hit with a stark realization: Amber was gone, and I might never see her again.
A searing pain rose in my chest, stealing my breath away.
The feeling wasn't new. I had felt it once before—when my mother passed away.
The thought terrified me. Why did Amber's departure hurt this much? Was it just because I relied on her? No, it was more than that. Far more.
Maybe I cared about her more than I'd let myself admit.
But she was the one who chose to leave me! I tried to focus, to s
