THE COST OF LOVING YOU
“If you feel like you have to carry this secret all by yourself, and keep me out of it… then I don’t know what I’m doing here.”
“Parker, don’t…” She reached out, her hand trembling in the air between them, fingers curling uselessly. “Please, just… let it go. For now. I can’t… I can’t talk about it.”
“Exactly.” He nodded slowly, a sad, bitter smile touching his lips. “I love you, Ava, but I can’t do this if you’re shutting me out.”
He turned around, didn’t look back. He just walked away.
Ava stood there, pressed against the wall, her chest heaving with silent, ragged breaths.
Tears slipped down her cheeks.
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