Sometimes, silence can feel louder than a scream.Today was definitely one of those days for me.Sitting on Lane’s couch, I had my arms crossed, one leg bouncing like it was trying to escape. I wasn’t even pretending to be okay. No facade, no flirting, no smirk—just me. Quiet. Unfiltered.He didn’t push me to talk.He was across from me as usual—legs relaxed, hands resting loosely, his expression unreadable. But this time, I noticed how he was watching me. Not like I was a patient. Not like I was a girl with too many red flags. More like someone who’s waiting for a truth I hadn’t had the guts to voice.And suddenly, the silence felt overwhelming.“You ever think,” I blurted out, “about how things might’ve turned out differently if just one thing in your life had changed?”Lane took a moment before slowly nodding.“All the time,” he replied.I stared at the floor, my throat tightening.“My thing,” I said, my voice breaking a little, “was a man. I was nine.”His entire body tensed up.I
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