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I’m Leaving

Author: Liz Barnet
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-07 20:19:04

Evelyn

Chase dropped me off with a quick goodbye hug, and I stepped into the house, instantly engulfed by its familiar darkness. As expected, all the lights were off. That was Dad and Clara's nightly ritual, plunging the house into shadow as if setting the stage for a horror movie. When I'd teased them about it, they only laughed, claiming it was perfectly normal to have a vampiric darkness in your house at night.

But it never felt normal to me. Lately, though, I hadn't bothered to complain. The darkness had become my refuge, a place where I could vanish, and disappear from the weight of the world. It was easier to exist in shadows when you didn't want to be seen.

I kicked off my shoes and started toward the stairs, already feeling the exhaustion seeping into my bones. But then, out of nowhere, the thought popped into my mind: wine.

It had always helped. Especially on nights like this, when my mind was spinning with questions, doubts, and that gnawing anxiety that had been haunting me
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sinead.fitzgerald21
She is so immature not ready for a grown up relationship this story has got a bit stupid Jacob can do better
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Brandi Farnsworth
That was the stupidest chapter I've ever heard. What does she expect him to do? Sit around and look like an idiot. While she's out with another guy I would of left a long time ago.
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Kavya singh
Oh dear that was sad i can't see them like this they are so good with eachother and Cameron deserve someone else.
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