(Karen’s POV – Present Tense)

There’s a kind of silence that follows truth — not empty, but thick.

The kind that hums beneath your skin. That’s the silence I wake up to.

It’s been three days since River’s Edge.

Three days since I learned the story that was never meant to be told.

Dre hasn’t asked for details, and I haven’t offered any.

Some truths are too sharp to pass between lovers.

But today, I know what I have to do.

It’s the last conversation — the one that will ...