Chapter 8 – The Last Conversation
Chapter 8 – The Last Conversation
After the verdict, Adrian requested one final meeting.
I agreed.
He looked older.
Smaller.
"I loved you."
I answered quietly.
"Maybe you loved the version of me you believed you could control."
He lowered his eyes.
"I don't know when I became this man."
"You didn't become him."
"You stopped pretending not to be."
I stood and walked toward the door.
He never asked me to come back.
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For the first time...
He understood there was no road back.
