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“Tali,please.” I hated my name then. Hated the way it sounded, laced in pain and desperation.
I hardened my broken heart enough to look Jude square in the eye. “Go be with Ben’s family. I’m going to be with mine.”
“I can’t do this if I don’t know you’ll be waiting at the end.”
“That’s the thing, I was never at the end. I’ve been beside you, breaking in the same places, but you’ve refused to see me.”
His eyes squeezed shut, and an agony-filled groan reverberated through the air. Jude’s arms curled around me again, pulling me in for a hug, and I didn’t fight it. I had no idea it would be the last one we’d ever share, and I ached from the possibility.
“Let me go,” I whispered.
“Never, Stripes.”
But he did. We got out of the car, and he watched me get into the driver’s seat. His eyes never left me as I buckled my seatbelt and turned on the ignition. At the end of the driveway, I took one last look at him. We both held up our hands in the saddest goodbye I’d ever said.
