Caleb
"Take care, Caleb." Vi's voice echoes in my mind as I watch her enter the cab.
After I'd calmed down, she immediately called a ride home. We never spoke a word again, up until I was seeing her out. I wanted to take her home personally, but I know she wouldn't like that anymore. As much as I want to hold her close, space is what she needs right now. Time, to erase all the pain away and rebuild herself back to who she's meant to be.
I ruined her. Not easily seen with bare eyes, closely. There was something inside her I wasn't mindful of how fragile, that my carelessness shattered. I felt it while she wept in my arms. And I felt the distance. That's how I knew no matter how hard I try to make it easier for her, I wouldn't be enough. She had to do it herself. She wanted to. That's wh
