This was so sad.
No one wanted to be in a situation like that. The thought alone made my chest ache. I couldn't imagine loving someone so deeply, believing that they loved you too, only to find out later that everything had been one-sided.
That the feelings you thought were real… had never existed for them at all.
"It's okay," Soren said softly as he stepped forward and pulled Phoenix into a tight hug.
Phoenix didn't resist. In fact, he seemed to collapse into him, like his body had finally given up holding everything together.
"I loved him," Phoenix said weakly, his voice muffled against Soren's shoulder. "Was it so wrong that I loved him?"
No one answered immediately.
Because none of us believed loving someone was wrong.
Right now, we were all a sobbing mess. It wasn't just Phoenix crying anymore. The pain in his voice had spread through the room like a crack running through glass, breaking something inside all of us.
Tears streamed down Jamie's face.
