Alyssa's POV
I stood there for a moment, letting the silence stretch between us. Cole shifted awkwardly, his eyes darting to the floor and back to me.
For some reason, the tension, the guilt written across his face, the way his shoulders stiffened as if carrying an invisible weight—it all suddenly struck me as funny.
A laugh escaped my lips before I could stop it.
Cole’s brows shot up in surprise. “Why… Why are you laughing?” He asked, genuinely confused.
I wiped a tear from the corner of my eye, shaking my head as I steadied myself. “You don’t have the right, Cole.” I said, my voice soft but edged with disgust. “You don’t get to stand there and miss me. You don’t get to feel sorry for anything you or your family did to me.”
He winced, his jaw tightening. “I never bullied you.”
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