“You left me, Riall,” I tell him, and he winces as though the statement just slapped him across the face. I can see that my words claw at him, not because they’re laced with anger or accusation, but because my tone is as hollow as I feel right now. “I’m all of these things to you now, but then…then when I needed everything you’re offering me, I was nothing. Not even worthy of a final glance back.”
