Reflections — The Neighbourhood
chapter 13 — the sentence I didn’t want to hear

the sentence.

“I don’t think there is a way back for us anymore.”

— what she needed to say

“I don’t want us to keep reopening everything.”

— what she needed to protect

I let those sentences sit exactly as they are.

No reply underneath. No argument. No “but what if.”

Sometimes respecting someone means not adding a paragraph after their period.