ELION

The taxi pulled away, and it took her away from me

My Rea.

A vital— No, the most important piece of my heart.

For a long second, I couldn't move at all. All I could do was feel the burning ache in the hole she had unknowingly dug deep into my chest

I just stood there like an idiot in the middle of the road, watching the yellow taillights grow smaller until they blurred into the stream of traffic.

The silence she left behind settled over me like wet concrete, heavy enough to make breathing feel unnatural; my hands were trembling. I looked down at them as though they...