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Max
Leaving her in that room is the hardest thing I’ve done in my entire life. Even worse than deciding that I had to put my life on the line and return home, that that was the only way to keep us safe. I don’t know when I’ll be leaving, it can be within an hour or early tomorrow morning, but I had to tell her as soon as I knew I was leaving. She had to know, I needed to tell her. She had to hear it from me, I had to be the one to tell her.
I’m packing some of my clothes, just enough for the road as I’ll be able to just wear my normal clothes once I get home, when the door to the large bedroom closes a little too loudly. I spin around, startled, finding Spence staring at me, his eyes filled with darkness. I try to smile at him and turn back to my bag, not wanting to show him how hard
