The Realization

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It was Friday and I had just finished doing my laundry. I was sitting on the window ledge of the dorm, watching the sunset bleed orange, when my phone vibrated on the wood. No Caller ID. My breath hitched. I knew who it was before I even pressed the green button. "Hello?" I whispered. "The roof of the Engineering Building," Ethan’s voice crackled through the line. "Now, Audrey." "I'm not coming, Ethan.I need…" "I’m standing on the edge," he interrupted. "Not because I want to jump. But because from up here, the world looks as small as I feel. If you don't come, I’m going to throw the flash drive with our entire project into the wind. Seven weeks of work, gone. Your choice." The line went dead. The air on top of the Engineering Building was freezing. Ethan was standing right at the

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