Every Shattered Note (Heartbreak Mixtapes #3)

Chapter 47

Chapter Forty-Seven

Private Message | EchoZone Internal Chat

From: AlyEuphoriaEvents

To: MustLoveMusic

Date: March 7, 2001 8:49 PM

Subject: Today

Dex,

I watched it.

I told myself I wouldn’t—not live.

But I did.

I watched every second. Sat in my apartment, gripping the remote like it was the only thing holding me together.

I didn’t breathe, didn’t look away.

You were brave.

You were you.

Not the version the world distorted. Just were, just. . . my Dex.

You said you weren’t asking for forgiveness.

But maybe you’ll get it anyway.

Not from them. Maybe not from yourself.

But maybe from someone who knows what it means to survive without ever calling it that out loud.

—A