Tori
The house felt too quiet without Cole. I had grown used to the sound of his footsteps on the old wooden floors, his soft laughter, and the way he hummed under his breath when he thought I wasn’t listening. Now, the silence pressed in on me, heavy and suffocating. I sat on the couch, a blanket wrapped around me as I stared blankly at the TV. The show playing in the background didn’t hold my attention. My thoughts kept drifting back to him. Where he was, what he was doing, if he was ok. I hated this. I hated the waiting. I hated the uncertainty. I hated that he was out there doing something dangerous, something tied to the darker parts of his past. The worst part was knowing I couldn’t stop him. I knew it was the last time, but that didn’t make it any easier. I sighed as I grabbed my p
