Chapter 58

• The room felt stifling, the walls closing in as I wrestled with my response. I had questions, doubts, buried emotions that now clawed their way to the surface, demanding answers. But one thing was clear.. I couldn’t stay there, under his gaze, feeling like I was losing control.
• Without another word, I turned, my legs carrying me through the crowd, away from his pleading eyes.
• I didn’t look back, not even as I pushed past the partygoers, into the crisp night air.