Holding a cup of water, I turned my gaze toward the window. The clouds above drifted in an endless dance, gathering and scattering, only to regroup and start again, just like my heart.
I decided to spend my last three days saying a proper goodbye. I wasn’t going to let this end without some form of closure.
Kael didn’t come home that night. When he finally returned the next afternoon, he seemed surprised to find me there.
“Skylar, why didn’t you go to work today?” he asked.
I kept the truth to myself. I didn’t want him to know I had already resigned. I didn’t want him to know anything about what I had decided.
“I wasn’t feeling well today, so I took the day off,” I replied
Kael merely nodded, muttering a distracted “oh” before he turned and walked straight into the bedroom, presumably to pack things for Kaia.
I knew he hadn’t heard me. He didn’t care. He never did.
Ever since Kaia moved in, I had gotten used to being the invisible one, the one who didn’t matter. I felt like an unwelcome guest in my own life, while Kaia was the one who truly belonged.