“The saddest thing is to be
a minute to someone,
when you've made them your eternity.”
― Sanober Khan
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(Mikayla)
"I am going," I whispered as I looked at myself in the mirror, my eyes shining in determination. "I have to, or I will forever hold on to some version of him. I have to see this for myself, to let myself understand that he will never be a part of my journey. I have to."
It was four in the evening when I finally decided that.
"I will call your mom?" Aleesa whispered.
I nodded my head as Aleesa walked away.
I kept staring at myself in the mirror, a kind of dazed look in my eyes, as if I was looking at myself from far above. It felt strange, like I was floating out of my own body.
"She told me she would send someone to pick us up."
I kept staring at myself in
