I’ll leave you alone now.
Callum’s message resounds in my head like a gong, and I feel more than see somebody take my phone out of my lap. Someone hisses, and then I’m being coddled, and it just feels sad and good all at the same time.
“How can he just do that, how can he just turn it all off?” I sniff, swiping at my cheeks feeling my cheeks sting from all the constant mopping of my face.
“Well, hold on. This doesn’t really mean anything,” Amber says, her voice floating to me as I close my eyes to blow my nose hard enough that I feel something twinge inside my nostrils. “It really doesn’t. He’s putting the ball in your court. He’s leaving the choice up to you, Izzy.”
twinge“Yeah, but why? Why is he doing this to me?”
Amber clears her throat, and I turn to Max, who’s glaring at our el
