Ethan
Clara looks at me when I finish saying it. The silence between us lasts only a few seconds, but for me it feels much longer. My heart keeps pounding hard against my chest, when I finally hear her answer, something inside me calms down... and at the same time it lights up more. I take her hand, her fingers intertwine with mine.
I guide her into the house without saying anything else, we cross the hall in silence.
The house is quiet, barely lit by the lamps in the hallway.
We go up the stairs to the second floor, I feel her hand a little cold between mine.
I hold it more firmly as we make our way down the hallway I know by heart.
But this time... Everything feels different.
I stop in front of a door, the same door. The room that for years was ours.
I turn the handle, the door s
