Page 102 of Because of Logan

I will never speak to her or hear her voice again.

I will never kiss her mouth, taste her skin, or feel her body trembling under mine.

I will never hear her giggle when I tickle her or hear her laugh when she finds something to be funny.

I will never see that smile again.

I will never love anyone else again.

Never.

Again.

I leave, the three of them watching me. Skye’s calling my name between sobs. Bruno’s frozen in place.

There’s no going back.

Chapter Fifty-Three

He left.

He just left.

Logan just left me.

The door closing behind him without a sound speaks louder than banging it would.

I can barely see through my tears.

“What just happened?” I ask no one.

There’s no answer. Immense silence fills the space where Logan stood before.

My legs give out and I drop to my knees, bracing myself as if it could contain the pain inside. How can there be so much silence when my heart is shattering to pieces?

Heartbreak should have a sound.

A ripping.

A crash.

A wail.

But there’s nothing. Not even the sounds of my own sobs or ragged breaths reach my ears. It’s just me and the empty space Logan left behind.

A hand covers my shoulder. Bruno. I shake it off and wipe my face with trembling hands, the anger at him halting the tears. I can’t look at him.

“Leave.”

I feel him hesitate before his feet disappear through my bedroom door. More emptiness.

River kneels next to me and rubs my back, and the touch anchors me. All I want to do is run and escape this pain ripping my chest open and clawing at me. But there’s no escape. Wherever I go, I’ll take my broken heart with me.

Why wouldn’t he listen to me?You know why, a voice in my head tells me.

“Skye?”

I hear my name as if she’s calling me from far, far away and not kneeling right next to me.

---