-ASHER-
I rolled to the side, tried a new position.
It was pointless.
I felt useless.
Nothing helped. I can’t sleep without Mia.
Since that run-in with Lauren, Mia and I have been reduced to cold, polite strangers. Just two roommates sharing a hallway
I should’ve defended her. She had my back, and I didn’t have the guts to return the favor.
I just stood there, frozen in my own self-reproach, watching Laurel make Mia feel like she didn't matter.
Mia wasn’t some echo of Linda.
She wasn’t Linda’s shadow.
She was Mia. Singular. A masterpiece.
And that was greater than anything else could ever be.
And I’m a f*****g coward. Couldn’t even say it out loud. Couldn’t even give her that.
Now I’m here, lying in dirty sheets I wouldn’t let Anna wash because her scent still clings to them,
