14

Heartless. Heartless. Heartless.

You’d never called me that. Never.

But.

I was there for you. I was the one you trusted.

But.

I knew you.

“You can’t know me.”

I did.

“You know one me. Just like I know one you. But you can’t know every me, Evan. And I can’t know every you.”

I didn’t want this to be coming back. I didn’t want to be having these conversations in my head.

“It’s not a conversation. You’re the only one here.”

I wanted to find the spot on the train tracks. I was walking along the train tracks. Looking for that spot.

Fill your head with the right pictures of me. Fill your head with the ones you’d hang on a wall.”

Every now and then, a train would go by. But not too often. It wasn’t rush hour yet.

“I’m still here. I’m just unreachable.”

“Stop!” I yelled. “Just stop it!”

I knew Jack was right, but I also knew it didn’t matter.

I had to see it through to the end. Because the end could be better. It couldn’t be worse than this.