AMARA'S POV
I walked down the busy road, lost in my thoughts. The cars, the chatter, the smell of roasted corn from a roadside seller ..all of it faded into the background. I didn’t feel energetic enough to go home. I wasn’t ready to face the chaos that waited there.
My legs moved on their own until I found myself inside a small café along the road. It was warm and quiet, the kind of place people went to escape. I ordered a cup of coffee and sat by the window.
When I took the first sip, it burned my throat .. but I didn’t even flinch. The pain was nothing compared to the weight crushing my chest.
I ended things with Professor Blake.
Even thinking it made my stomach twist. I didn’t even know what to say to him at the end. There was really nothing between us… right? That’s what I kept t
