The panic he’d carried for days crumpled into overwhelming, suffocating grief. Clara hadn’t been kidnapped or threatened or hiding from danger. She’d simply left him, and he’d refused to accept it all along.
Leo arrived and sat quietly beside him, no words needed, a steady, calm presence as Adam finally fell apart completely. Leo hadn’t even known about their breakup. The heavy weight of the truth finally settled into the empty space Adam had been desperately trying to fill.
