Chapter 61

Isabella’s POV

The silence between us had started small.

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A skipped question. A missed glance. A conversation that never made it past Mateo’s school schedule

But now it felt like a canyon.

Dominic still drove us most mornings, the way he always did. He still helped Mateo with his homework. He still checked in on Mateo before bed like he always had. He was the same with Mateo as he had always been. It was the way he talked to me that had changed. Earlier, he used to make sure to include me in most of his conversations. But now, he didn’t and it was done with a quiet kind of detachment, like he’d folded whatever was left of us into the smallest box possible, sealed it shut, and tucked it someplace I couldn’t reach.