Chapter 25: You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
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M, who had her back to me while everyone was bidding me farewell, little by little turned on her heel, our bond and connection to each other thick within the air between us as our eyes identically pooled in intense desolation. M swallowed hard, trying to clear the heavy emotion tightening her throat before muttering out, “I’m having a hard time leaving.”
Through the vast streaking tears falling down the corners of my mouth, I whispered my plea, “Then don’t.”
M’s eyes fell to the floor, an uncomfortable breath chortling out as she closed the space between us. When her soft brown gaze finally came up, her hands found my face to cup it once more, as she delicately breathed out her resolve, “I have to. All the things I want for
