Seamus did not answer for me. He simply stood quietly at my side. I said, "Because when I needed him, he was there." Nathan's fingers tightened around the bouquet, crumpling the paper around the flowers. "What if I'm there from now on?" I looked at him. "I don't need you anymore." Nathan fell silent. By the time he finally spoke again, almost everyone had already left the lobby. "Is there really no chance for me?" "No." His voice grew quieter. "Not even if I spend the rest of my life making it up to you?""Your life belongs to you," I replied. "I don't want you to spend it making things up to me. And I don't want you waiting for me either." For the last time, I said his name with complete seriousness. "Nathan, let me go and let yourself free too." Nathan lowered his head. A tear slipped down his cheek and landed on the crushed flowers in his hands. It was the first time I had ever seen him cry, yet I felt neither satisfaction nor hesitation. All I felt was a strang
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