Sophia’s POV
“You wrote my name down.”
The words didn’t just hit me.
They shattered something.
Not loudly.
Not dramatically.
But in that quiet, devastating way glass cracks when the pressure becomes too much to hold.
“Emily…”
My voice broke before I could even form the rest of the sentence.
On the other end of the line, I heard her inhale.
Sharp.
Unsteady.
And then…
“Don’t.”
The single word landed like a wall slamming into place.
Cold.
Final.
“I don’t even know what you’re going to say,” she continued, her voice trembling now, “but don’t.”
My fingers tightened around the phone, my heart pounding violently against my chest.
“It’s not what you think…”
“Then what is it?” she snapped.
That was it.
That was the moment everything broke open.
Because Emily?
Emily never sna
