SageThe car hums beneath us as Andre pulls out of the hospital parking lot, the city lights blurring past the windshield. The night is calm now, deceptively so, like nothing heavy has happened at all. Like my heart didn’t just spend the last hour cracking open and stitching itself back together in the same breath.Andre keeps both hands on the wheel, posture rigid but not tense. Just contained. The kind of stillness that comes after an emotional storm, when you are too tired to fight anymore.“You know,” he says after a while, breaking the silence, “you scared me shitless, Sage.”I turn my head slightly, surprised by the softness in his voice, not angry,not accusatory, Just honest.“I thought something bad had happened to you.”Guilt settles in my chest, warm and heavy.“I’m sorry,” I say quietly. “I know.”He exhales through his nose, like he is letting go of something. “How did you even know I wasn’t home yet?” I ask, trying to lighten the moment, even though my chest still aches
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