He Stands at the End of Memory
Those few words made Sebastian go stiff all over, the languor in his eyes vanishing at once.
It struck him suddenly that the day she left was the very day of his marrow surgery, the day he had slipped away under the excuse of a trip.
Countless images he had deliberately ignored came flooding back.
He remembered coming home to find the dressing room in chaos, the floor strewn with the jewelry and dresses he had given her over three years, all sorted out and thrown away.
He remembered the dead, distant look in her eyes through it all, with no tears, no accusations, no hurt, only a cold, flat calm.