The car moved through quiet streets, and I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the blur of the city outside. The world slipped past in streaks of silver and gold-passing headlights, glowing signs, the faint outline of people I’d never see again. Every flicker of light caught his face, cutting across the calm planes of his features, revealing nothing.
He sat still beside me, silent and unreadable, his gaze fixed somewhere ahead that I couldn’t see. The silence pressed down on me-thick, endless, the kind that made every breath sound too loud.
My thoughts wouldn’t stop. They tangled and collided, fighting to make sense of what was happening.
Why here?
What was he thinking?
What was waiting for me this time?
The car’s hum grew softer. Then, without warning, it slowed. My pulse leapt.
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