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126 The Clean Break

Author: Anney GW
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-18 10:30:33

(James)

“I know it isn’t what you meant. But it is what we need. It’s what I need if I’m ever going to find who I am.”

Serena doesn’t move. I see her pain, God, I feel it. It’s my pain too. But deep down I know this is what has to be done if ever we are going to make it. And even if we never be together again… it’s what we both need to find out.

“You don’t have to do that,” she says, barely above a whisper. “Not like this. Not tonight.”

“I do,” I reply, steady, because if I don’t hold myself together now, I’ll beg her to change my mind. “Because you were right. About all of it. And I think I’ve known for a while now.”

She stands too, her arms wrapping around herself the way I’ve seen her do a thousand times when she’s trying to stay strong. When she’s trying not to fall apart.

“I just don’t understand why you’re the one walking away,” she says. “When you’re also the one who showed up tonight.”

I take a step closer, then stop myself.

“Because showing up is the easy part,” I admit. “Bei
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Heather W
I bet him and Savannah end up married lol
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Brigitte Hayward
This is so heartbreaking! I really hope they find each other again... And James needs to cut Savannah out of his life aswell...
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