The Last Thing I Gave Him
Beneath them, a message from him: "Which one do you think looks better? Serena has a big performance coming up, and you have a good eye. Let me know."
I stared at those words until the screen went dark. I did not reply. Before, every photograph would have made me cry until morning. But this time, when the darkness swallowed the last pale glow of the screen, I felt something inside me had run out, like the last candle burned down to nothing, smoke and all.
Elena told me to give her a week. The dissolution documents would take time to prepare. She had to work around Dante's people, around the eyes watching from inside the family. There was nothing I needed to do but wait. Seven days, and I wou