Chapter 3: Who does he think he is?__Emily CarterAs soon as Cynthia disappears around the corner with her perfume still hanging in the air like nosey gossip, I turn to Lucas, my arms fold before my brain even tells them to, like my body remembers how to protect itself before my heart does, like I’ve done this a thousand times before and still never learned how to stop"What do you want?" I ask, and my voice doesn’t come out polite, it comes out tired, tired in the way grief gets tired, deep, old, worn in like jeans that don’t fit anymore, like something inside me is just… doneLucas sighs, that same sigh he used to give when he didn’t know how to love me the way I needed, and it hits something raw in my chest " I just want to talk" he says, I laugh... not loud and not funny, just… a sound, hollow, empty, like even my laugh has given up on me "talk? About what, Lucas? Talk about how you dumped me on our wedding day? At the alter?"His jaw twitches, he looks down like the floor could
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