POV: EvelynBy the time I saw Arthur again, I already knew it wasn’t going to be a normal conversation, because nothing involving him ever came with normal anymore, it always came with pressure I didn’t ask for and choices I didn’t get to prepare for.He showed up in the hospital corridor like he had been there longer than I noticed, standing near the glass wall outside Toby’s room, not rushing, not forcing entry, just waiting in that way people do when they already believe the conversation belongs to them.I didn’t even slow down at first.I was already tired in a way that made everything feel slightly delayed, like my body was reacting half a second behind my thoughts.“Evelyn,” he said when I passed him.I stopped only because Toby wasn’t in front of me at that exact second, and I didn’t want to carry that conversation into his space.“What do you want, Arthur ,” I asked without looking at him properly.He adjusted his stance like he was trying to make himself sound reasonable, wh
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