Book 2 chapter 10
___ Eric pov ___
As I watched Nat step onstage to receive her diploma during the graduation ceremony, a mix of pride and sadness filled my heart. The past few weeks had been tense and difficult, and now that she was leaving for college, it felt like a chapter of our lives was closing.
The celebratory dinner after the ceremony should have been filled with joy, but all I felt was anger and hurt. I couldn't understand why Nat had chosen to leave—why she had chosen to leave me just as we started becoming closer again. Her decision to graduate early and move out of state had hit me like a punch to the gut.
Throughout the dinner, I could barely look at Nat. Each time our eyes accidentally met, I felt a surge of anger rise within me. It was as if she had abandoned our frien
