**JAX’S POV**
It’s been months since she left. Since Sage disappeared from my life like a ghost.
And I’m nothing.
I can barely train anymore. My muscles ache, not from exercise but from ignoring them. I barely eat. I barely sleep. Every night I wake up sweating, clutching a pillow, hoping that maybe she’ll be there. That maybe it was all a dream.
It’s not.
She’s gone.
Everyone notices, but no one understands.
Mom tries to reach me. She shows concern, soft words, the kind of gentle voice that’s supposed to calm me down. But it doesn’t work. It can’t.
“Jax, you need to eat. You need to sleep. You’re losing yourself.”
I don’t answer. I can’t.
Dad says nothing. He never says anything when it comes to Sage. I can’t blame him — no one can fix this.
I’ve been drinking myself stupid eve
