She started sobbing softly in the background, and I had to put my phone on mute so she wouldn’t hear me cry. The hole inside of me was so deep, it was all I was. I didn’t know how I’d live the rest of my life without her. And then I knew unequivocally that leaving Wakan wouldn’t change any of it. It wouldn’t get better somewhere else. Because you carry love with you. And the realization that I couldn’t escape this was so devastating, so overwhelming, I couldn’t breathe. “I have to go,” she said. Then she was gone. I bawled into my pillow like a baby. And when I was done, I blocked her number
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