"It bothers me to see you with Dylan. I don't understand what's happening to me."
She doesn't respond. She just remains silent. And that's even worse.
"Don't be confused, Ryan. What you're feeling is completely normal." Her calmness throws me off. I wish I had the same clarity she does. "You and Dylan have always had a rivalry, and now you've put me in the middle of that dispute. But I'm not a trophy to be fought over. You're with Blake, obviously, and I don't owe anyone explanations. We're separated, and it's only a matter of time before it's official. So I ask you to keep your distance. Let me go… like I did with you."
Her certainty unsettles me. I always imagined a different scenario, one where she would cry, where she would beg me not to leave her. But this coldness… this indifferen
