—Mabel—

I stood in the driveway, hoping he'd kiss me.

For a moment, he turned to face me—his eyes even dipped to my lips. But he didn’t.

He spoke to me casually, like I was nothing.

As though it hadn’t been just two nights ago that he held me in his arms and promised to love me forever.

Then Alec got into his car.

I watched his convoy pull away and tried not to break down.

To no avail. Fresh tears welled up in my eyes, some escaped, trailing down my cheeks.

Footsteps echoed towards ...