Chapter 23. Love Wasn’t Enough

KIRA

Dear Kira,

I’m sorry for my outburst. I don’t think it was a good idea to come to Hollow Peak, as I don’t fit into your life there. Your family loves you very much and when I said I loved you, I meant it.

Maybe it’s better to put some distance between us. I’m sorry you’ll have to explain my leaving. To keep things simple, you can tell them you found out I cheated on you. I’ll take any harsh words that come from your family, especially your brother.

I’m sorry,

Yours forever,

Gabriel.

I was sitting in my room with tears streaming down my cheeks. I was reading Gabriel’s goodbye note. It was the last thing he ever wrote to me before he just left, and it made me cry even more. It was like his revenge on my note from a few days ago.

And he wrote yours forever. Nonsense. He was never mine.

I looked at the clock on my phone and saw that it was almost 8:00 p.m., which meant that I had been sitting here for two hours reading his note