The engine hummed under me, a steady vibration filling the silence between her shaky breaths and my restless thoughts.
Outside, everything looked the same—gray asphalt, empty parking spaces—but none of it mattered. Everything I cared about was inside this car.
Lexi sat next to me, blindfolded, bahagyang nanginginig ang kanyang kamay sa aking palad. Bahagyang nakabuka ang kanyang mga labi, at kunot ang noo na para bang nagdadalawang-isip siya, and yet stubborn. She had perfected that look—a mix of defiance and hesitation.
And that blindfold.
It was such a small piece of fabric, but it drove me crazy. I knew the irony of it. She thought the blindfold gave her control, that it delayed the inevitable. But we both knew better. We were already past that point, and she was just fighting some
