Lila
I take my phone and call the police officer immediately. They came and found nobody at the door. They left me with mixed feelings.
Max
Change is a peculiar phenomenon. You believe you desire it until it's right in front of you, and then you understand how frightening it is.
That's where I found myself—at the brink of my own limits, contemplating whether I dared to move ahead or if I would merely continue repeating the same worn-out cycles, pulling everyone I loved down along with me.
Lila had vanished. And for the first time, I had to acknowledge to myself that it wasn't her doing.
It wasn't due to a lack of love for me or because she deserted our relationship too quickly. It was due to my repeated failures to meet her expectations. She was worthy of more.