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Careful.
Guarded.
There it is again.
That wall.
“I told you not to disappear,” I continue.
“I’m not disappearing.”
“You are to me.”
That hits.
Deep.
I see it land.
Her breath catches—just slightly.
Then she recovers.
Of course she does.
“That’s not fair,” she says.
“I’m not trying to be fair.”
“I’m trying to keep you safe,” she snaps—
And the second it leaves her mouth—
Everything stops.
Because there it is.
The truth.
Raw.
Unfiltered.
Her eyes widen just slightly, like she didn’t mean to say it out loud.
Too late.
I don’t move.
Don’t react immediately.
I just… absorb it.
Then—
“From what?” I ask quietly.
She doesn’t answer.
