“Really?” I smile near hysterically, shaking my head as the tip of my nose burns with the threat of tears once again. “What, exactly? Name one thing that I should be proud of, Cay. Something that’s only mine. Something that I’ve done entirely on my own.” I watch as the man who’s known me for seventeen years, the very same man who’s been hailed as a genius and received endless awards for his innovative, brilliant brain, struggles to come up with a single answer. And there’s no fighting it anymore, his silence cracks me wide open. Tears spring loose on a broken sob. Caleb’s eyes close softly as
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