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Chapter Nineteen: The Storm I Deserved
Justin's Point of View
The moment Elena walked out, something shifted in the air.
I didn't expect her to leave or snap out, not like that. Not with her eyes blazing like I'd burned every part of her she trusted me with. And when she banged the door, the sound echoed long after she'd gone. Like it slapped me square in the chest.
I just stood there. Watching the space where she'd stood. Waiting for the weight of the silence to crush me. It didn't. Not yet, because I was finding it very hard to believe she did that.
But something inside me cracked.
She didn't even take her phone charger, I did not know why that was what I thought about. That cracked me up then I remembered She was so serious when she left
I didn't call her. Couldn't. I was too proud. Too stuck in my own anger. Or maybe it was fear. That ugly kind of fear I never liked to admit I had.
