All Chapters of After He Let Me Fall : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

NYLAThe door slammed behind Evans, and the sound went straight through me. I stood there in the quiet house, staring at nothing, my fingers trembling around the pregnancy test results still tucked inside my palm. My throat tightened until it hurt to breathe. Everything I had been holding back just poured out of me. I dropped to the floor and cried so hard my chest felt like it was cracking open.My phone buzzed beside me. I didn’t even check the screen. I just answered with my voice shaking.“Hello.”“Nyla?” Marisol’s voice rushed through the speaker. “What happened? You sound like you’ve been crying.”I tried to speak but all that came out was a sob.“Hey, hey, breathe. Where are you?”“Home,” I whispered. “I’m home.”“I’m coming. Don’t move.”The call ended before I could say anything else.I wiped my face with the back of my hand, but more tears just kept falling. I curled my knees to my chest because I didn’t know what else to hold onto. The silence in the house felt like it was

NYLA“What are we doing so high up here?” I asked, wrapping my arms around myself as the cold night wind whipped through my hair. The place looked nothing like the cozy downtown spot she promised. It was just a deserted overlook, cracked concrete, and pure darkness. The city lights twinkled far below us. “Marisol, this isn’t a café. This doesn’t even look safe.”She shut the car door behind her and gave me that soft, familiar smile that used to fix everything when we were kids. “It’s okay, Ny. Trust me. The view is beautiful once your eyes adjust. I just needed somewhere quiet where no one could bother us. Come stand by the edge with me.”I hesitated, my stomach already twisting with unease, but her voice was gentle, the same voice that talked me off ledges when we were teenagers. I walked forward slowly, my sneakers crunching on loose gravel. “You said it was warm and quiet downtown.”“I didn’t lie,” she said, stepping closer, the moonlight catching her faint smile. “I just needed y