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“Brazen! Of course it does. It matters now just as much as it ever did.”
“You should leave me, Noah. You deserve better than the man I am right now.” A shudder runs through me as I make the admission.
If she leaves, then I wouldn’t even exist anymore. Maybe that’s why I’m telling her to go. So that I can wither away in a numb existence.
“I’ll say this as many times as you need to hear it. I’m not going anywhere.”
I wince as Noah pulls out a rather large piece of glass from my shoulder with the tweezers between her fingers.
“I love you, Noah.” My words are tired and heavy, and my eyelids start to sag.
“Let’s get you out of the tub so you can go to sleep, Brazen, and when you wake up, I’ll still be here. I’ll always be here. Plus, I have a promise to keep to make sure you don’t fall apart.”
A promise.
She has a promise. I can guess to whom, and my chest tightens.
I once thought my word could be counted on, but look how badly I’ve failed.
I told Sunday I’d keep her safe, and my word was destroyed.
“I’m so fucking sorry, Sunday.”
