The Distance Between Whatโs Said and Whatโs Felt ๐ซฃ
Stubborn hearts ๐ข. Soft silences ๐คซ. And everything theyโre too afraid to say. ๐ง ๐ญ
Hey yโall ๐๐พ๐ญ
Letโs talk about the kind of silence that hurtsโnot because itโs empty, but because itโs too damn full. ๐๐ฆ
Naomiโs been holding it togetherโฆ barely.
Packing ๐ฆ. Smiling ๐. Dodging questions like her life depends on it ๐ถ๏ธ๐๐พโโ๏ธ๐จ.
But the truth? Itโs clawing its way to the surface.
Her parents see it. ๐
Her girls definitely see it. ๐๐พ๐ท
And Cameron?
Heโs unravelingโquietly. ๐ค๐
The guys pull up with an intervention ๐ฃ๏ธ๐๐พ, Naomiโs friends got jokes (and tea) ๐ต๐, and somewhere between the hoodie, the heartbreak, and a dramatic dog sprint ๐พ๐จโthe distance between them? Starts to shrink.
Chapters 37 & 38 are about the almosts.
The unsaids.
And what happens when the cracks finally start to show. ๐ฅ๐
Letโs get into it. ๐ถ๐
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