Luana's POV
Today was hard.
Hard in a way I couldn't even explain, because nothing specific had happened. There had been no obvious tragedy. No screaming. No fights. Nothing.
And yet...
It felt as though everything had happened.
There was a weight crushing me. A constant knot in my throat. All I wanted was to disappear, erase the memories, and shut my mind off for a while.
I was going to tell Nicole, like I always did. But when she called, so excited about her date with Urso—so nervous, so happy, her words nearly tripping over themselves in her excitement—I swallowed everything I wanted to say.
I didn't want to ruin her day.
She deserved to have that moment.
But I...
I was falling apart inside.
Today, I finally made a decision I had been putting off for years.
Deep down, I knew
