EuropeNovelMy chest aches for her. | know what it's like to carry too much alone, to think silence protects the ones you love
when really it just builds more walls.
She doesn't want to worry him, but what she doesn't understand is that by blocking him, she's already worrying
him.
"Piper," | say softly, "he's your mate. He wants to share that with you the good and the bad. Blocking him out
won't make the fear go away. It'll just make you lonelier and will make him feel like he's failing you."
Her eyes shine, brimming again with tears, and | catch the way her chin trembles as she tries to hold herself
together.
"But-But" she stutters, "What will | say? What will | tell him?"
"The truth is that you two created a beautiful life." | whisper. "I feel his life force, Piper; he's already thriving."
The tears she was balancing just a few minutes ago now start flowing down freely.
"Do you need a hug?" | ask carefully, not wanting to push but not wanting her to drown in her silence either.
She nods, almost desperately. "Yes."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt| don't hesitate. | wrap my arms around her, pulling her close. She folds against me, clinging tighter than |
expected, like she's been holding herself back for far too long. | rub her back in slow circles, steady and quiet,
letting her cry it out against my shoulder.
When we finally pull apart, she lets out a shaky laugh, wiping at her swollen eyes. "I've missed this."
too," | admit, my throat thick but my chest strangely lighter.
Beneath the pain and the hurt. Beneath the betrayal and bitterness. | had missed her. Piper had been there
throughout my life, until | was banished. There waswithout her back then.
| never admitted it out loud, but during those quiet moments alone at night. When
| couldn't sleep because the past haunted me. It's then | admitted that | missed our friendship.
"I'm going to be a mom," she whispers, her eyes wide, as if she's only now realizing it. Accepting it.
"You are" a smile breaks free. "And trust me, motherhood is a beautiful journey Aspen changed my life in ways t
can never explain. | love | her more than life and everyday m thankful that | have her by my side."
She squeezes my hand, a small smile on her lips.
We sit quietly for a moment, the tension easing into something gentler and more familiar.
Piper's the one who breaks the
silence, her eyes narrowing as she studies me. "What about you? You
were in pretty bad shape yesterday after... everything. How are you holding up?"
| hesitate, considering brushing it off,
but her gaze is too knowing. “I'm...
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Piper nods.
"You know..." | say, meeting her gaze. "You can go see Calvin. Even if it's just for
a little while. You don't have to go through this alone."
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