I had to wait until my hearing returned before I could even respond to Abel on the phone. My hearing had improved so much that when he screamed into the phone, it really hurt my ears.
"That's right. I left the island," I declared, the weight of my decision hanging heavily in the air between us.
"I thought we were in this together," he replied, his voice tinged with disbelief. "We came here as a team, and we were supposed to start college side by side. We even secured that spacious dorm room, planning to share everything—the late-night study sessions, the laughter, the late dinners. It was supposed to be our adventure together."
"And I thought you were a decent guy who would never betray my trust," I shot back, my heart pounding with a mix of anger and hurt. "I guess we were both mistake
