For five years, I’d been counting down every single day, scared that when the time came, he’d just walk away without even looking back. But now he stood there like none of it existed. Like that agreement meant nothing.
Did it ever mean anything to him?
I parted my lips, about to remind him, to say it out loud before I lost the courage again but his phone rang.
He picked it up right away.
I couldn’t hear clearly, but I knew that voice. Amber. She was crying, choking on her words, panicking about something.
Hudson’s expression changed instantly. His whole body tensed, like nothing else in the world mattered anymore.
“Hey, hey… don’t panic,” his voice dropped, low and urgent. “I’m coming right now. Stay there. Don’t move, you hear me?”
He didn’t even wait for a reply. The call ended and he grabbed his keys, already moving.
“Hudson, I—”
I didn’t even finish.
He rushed past me and his shoulder slammed into mine so hard I lost my balance. My back hit the door frame and a sharp pain shot through me. I let out a small sound, something between a gasp and a groan.
But he didn’t stop.
Didn’t look back.
Didn’t even notice.
The door closed and he was gone.
Just like that.