Laura didn’t answer immediately.The question sat between them, heavy and still, as if even the air had paused to wait, and she felt it pressing against her chest, demanding something she wasn’t ready to give.Do you still love him?She looked at Leroy, really looked at him, and for a moment everything else faded, the noise, the tension, even Thomas standing just a few steps away, because right now, this was the only thing that mattered.The truth.And the problem was—She didn’t fully know it herself.“I don’t know,” she said finally, her voice quiet, honest in a way that felt uncomfortable.Leroy didn’t react the way she expected.He didn’t frown.Didn’t look away.He just nodded slowly, as if he had already prepared himself for that answer, or maybe understood it better than she did.“Okay,” he said.That was it.No pressure.No disappointment spoken out loud.And somehow, that made it worse.Laura’s chest tightened slightly. “That’s all you’re going to say?”Leroy exhaled softly,
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