KIERAN BLACKWOOD
The tension in the air is palpable.
Maya still holds my hand tightly, preventing me from doing what I know must be done.
She clings to me as if I were her last hope, her pleading eyes fixed on mine.
"Please, Kieran.", she whispers, her voice broken by pain.
I look at her, and the tears are no longer held back.
The weight of everything that has happened crushing me in a way I don't know how to bear.
"I never wanted to be the villain in your story...", she continues, almost as if speaking to herself, and I see her eyes fill with deep sadness.
It's as if she knows that what we're doing here is the last chance, the final goodbye.
My chest tightens.
"I loved you more than anything in this world, Kieran. I would do anything to have you back, but I see that it's too lat
