Ashley
I stood outside Jennifer's room, my hands trembling slightly. She had been in the hospital for two days. I wanted to be with Zach in this situation. I'd been maintaining a careful professional distance while my heart broke a little more each day.
But seeing the worry in his eyes when he received the call about his mother's condition, I couldn't let him face it alone.
I smoothed down my dress, checking my watch. Zach had been here since last night. The same Zach who once promised me forever, who held me through stormy nights, whose touch once felt like coming home. Now we communicated with hesitation as if some invisible wall was separating us.
Had we fallen apart so completely?
The door opened, and he emerged, his broad shoulders slumped with exhaustion. His usually impeccable
