Chapter 3

The next three days ran me off my feet.

I ended the lease, shipped my bags ahead, and said goodbye to the handful of friends who actually mattered.

Alex never reached out. The only sign of him was a photo Kevin posted of the whole group tearing up a bar.

Alex sat dead center with his arm around Sophie, and Sophie had my cup in her hand, the one I threw by hand at a studio in Kilnbrook with our initials cut into the base.

The caption read: [Out with the old, in with the new. Alex is officially back…