Chapter 86 Goodbye, Mia

• I stood and watched the clock tick down to the inevitable storm that was Mia's last goodbye. The rumors had been churning for days-she was leaving. Part of me couldn't believe it; another part knew it was the only move left for her.
• The games, tugging on strings, manipulating Ethan to her whim-Mia had done it enough, but even she must have known when the game was at an end. She'd lost him, the game, everything.
• I stared at my phone, half-expecting a desperate call from Ethan, something final-but it stayed silent. Not that I cared. My path was clear; Mia's departure was the last ghost from my past that I needed exorcised.