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“Please don't do this,” he begs. Taking a deep breath, he says the words I've been craving. “I love you.”
I've waited so long to hear that from him. Since right after the first Thanksgiving that we spent together. And yet hearing it now, it's tainted.
“You don't love me,” I say honestly. “Not like you love her. You love me because you're scared. Because I'm leaving and there's nothing you can do about it. You don't love me for who I am or how I make you feel. You only love me because you don't want to be alone.”
With that, I hold myself together and head out the door, thankful when he doesn't try to follow. I manage to keep it all in until I make it down the stairs and out into the darkness, but as soon as I reach the sidewalk, I crumble.
Tears pour from my eyes, and my chest feels like it's shattering into a million pieces as sobs wrack through me. Everything from the last week hits me all at once, and it's ripping me apart.
I wipe my eyes with the back of my hand as I scramble to find the one number I need right now. The only person I can go to with this. The only one who is guaranteed to be on my side and won’t try to convince me to choose differently.
“Hello?” she answers tiredly.
The second I hear her voice, I break all over again. “Tye—”
“Kennedy? What's wrong?”
“I need you.”
