Chapter 35: A Date With The Coven

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ZEKE:

I've left this place untouched for two years and I don't know why I'm back here, even when I know it's too much to handle. My hands are in my pockets as I walk further into Scarlett's room after flipping the light switch on. This used to be 'our' space, but now it's just hers, and everything is just as I remember it...painful.

I don't know why I'm here, and why it has taken me so long to do this. I still smell her. She's so alive within these walls, and I see why I ran. A ray of hope sparks in my chest. I'm thinking about a line of possibilities that will only end up hurting me. It's cruel, even for me.

I walk over to the wide, fully stacked closet first. All of her clothes are still in here, like she never left. I lift my hand in the air, faltering as it inches closer to the brown coat facing me. My heart cracks. I used to love this coat. I still do.

Hours go by. I'm slumped against the wall of the b