Avay Вђ“ So -

He found himself talking to her constantly. He asked her about the weather, about his failing job, and about the deep, hollow ache that wouldn't leave him. But the hard truth remained: she couldn't hear him anymore. The connection had been severed not by a dropped call, but by the finality of her absence.

"If you'd held on a little longer," he said, his voice cracking, "you’d have had more reasons to be proud". AVAY – SO

Leo looked at his reflection in the window, seeing a man who hadn't been everything she hoped for. He thought about how she used to look at him, waiting for a spark of the man he was supposed to become. He found himself talking to her constantly