*Charlotte*

“I’m sorry.”

That’s all Alexander said before he ran out of the party, leaving me alone at the top of the stairs.

I stared blankly at the spot he had just been, the utter cold silence all that was left to keep me company in his wake. Everything around me vanished as I stood there, and the memory of him looking at me, her voice echoing in my ears, and the last words he said to me repeating over and over in a matter of ...