Chapter 188. The Letter

Lena’s POV

The airport buzzed with voices, rolling suitcases, and final goodbyes, but somehow, everything felt muted to me as if I were moving through the moment in a fog.

Liana stood a few steps away as she talked to her parents animatedly, promising to call as soon as we landed and arguing lightly with her mother about whether Europe would be too cold for her. Watching her made me smile. She was excited and hopeful.

I turned to Theo.

“Thank you,” I said quietly, the words feeling too small for everything he’d done. “For all of this. I don’t even know how to repay you.”

When I told Theo and his family about my trip to Europe, they weren’t happy that I was leaving but they still supported my decision.

They went as far as using their influence to get me