AXEL
The silence and regret pressed down on me after she walked out, thick and suffocating, like a cage I could never escape.
I wanted to call her back, to demand she stay, to admit that the thought of her leaving tomorrow didn't sit eight with me.
But I was too proud and clamped my mouth shut, and instead I sat there, suffocating in my own fury.
My gaze darted at the bowl she left. I stared at it, clenching my jaw until my teeth hurt.
She couldn’t even argue with me and insisted on helping me. In anger, I grabbed the bowl and hurled it against the wall.
It shattered into pieces, the sound echoing like thunder through the room.
"Damn you all!" I shouted, my voice breaking with anger.
My rage increased and I slammed my fist on the table, hard enough to make it shake, hard enough
