ee: The Div

hadows across the cold, empty space beside me. I stared at t

of me. My fingers traced the edges, feeling the weigh

n unreadable. His eyes, always distant,

the pen, my

s?" Johnny's voice was

into a sad smile. "You handed m

dn't

sed the pen to the pa

as o

ushed the papers toward

g the signatures. He gave a small nod,

between us, heav

I br

ant

down carefully, his fingers pressing

d. "No. He bel

ned. "You're b

fists. "I'm be

"Leo has a stable life with m

hot back. "I won't let you

tration clear. "Do you think I'd

round. "I'm

rd, his voice low. "Leo needs stability. Y

ing myself to stay cal

. "We'll split time. He stays with

with Johnny would be ha

I said

relaxed slig

hat, Leo's fate

g Up M

The room that once held my dreams, my hopes, my

nd started packing. Cl

dn't

item carefully, as if treating them with

being invisible. And now,

d saw the small framed pict

tared at it, my t

urned it

no longer

se, lifted it off the

ving room, his hands in his

e. My heart pounded, but I kept my face

, meeting his gaz

ssion unreadable. No sadnes

n, I opened the do

sleek and expensive. The kind of

rward slightly, h

up?" His voice wa

n't a

opened the door for me. I s

ep, watching as the car pu

time, he loo

e, he didn't know

only the