A Tapestry of Tangled Hearts

Previously

…He looked away, the city lights blurring through unshed tears. His own path, his own healing – that was the only thing he could focus on now. Claire had made her choice, a choice born of necessity and a desperate need for self-preservation. And he, Eli, had to accept it. Their hearts had once been a tapestry, intricately woven. But now, the threads had frayed, and their paths, once intertwined, had irrevocably diverged. The scholarship, Bright, Claire’s new life – they were all part of a tapestry he was no longer meant to be a part of. His own ambition, his own healing, that was the only design he could now hope to weave.