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woman who had forged her own path through life. That was what Romi
admired most about her. She couldn’t now turn it around on Kiera and
blame her for those qualities just because they weren’t working in her favor.
Romi knew it was only a matter of time until she broke down and vented
all the pent up emotion she was keeping so carefully under wraps. She
didn’t want to just walk out on Kiera, but she didn’t want to have a messy
breakdown in front of her either. She needed to get away.
“I’m sorry, I have to go now.”
“Wait…” Kiera tried to call her back, but Romi didn’t stop.
She hurtled out the door, blinking rapidly to keep the tears from spilling.
She made it to her car and managed to get a few blocks away, at least out of
sight, before she had to pull over. The tears came, blinding her, but that was
all she allowed herself. She wasn’t going to have a full-on epic meltdown in
her car in front of someone’s house.
After a few minutes, she inhaled her first true breath. It might have been
shaky, but it was a breath all the same. The first one of all the rest she was
going to have to take. Without Kiera.
Chapter 25
Kiera
Kiera thought that maybe she was going to get away without talking
about Romi. She had no idea what she would say. How could she find
words to talk about the most painful experience of her entire life? About
how her heart still felt like it was going to break apart with every single
beat?
It was Thursday and she thought that maybe everyone had just assumed
that Romi quit for any of the reasons that people quit over. She didn’t like
the job. She found something better. She was just passing through. She
found something more suited to what she went to school for.
Kiera had just about breathed a sigh of relief, but when Wynn slipped
into her office that afternoon, she knew it was premature. She’d mailed
