In that moment, everything clicked. The timid version of myself, afraid of heights and hesitant to take risks, was no longer enough for him.
So, I decided to leave him. Completely. No explanations, no goodbyes. I knew I deserved more than being someone else's afterthought.
What I didn't expect was what happened next. After I left Yohann, the man who always seemed calm and in control, panicked. He searched for me everywhere, losing his usual composure when he realized I was gone.
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During my two days in the hospital, sleep brought no peace. Every night, I had the same nightmare—falling into an endless abyss, unable to breathe as the panic and suffocation consumed me.
But the worst part wasn't the dream when I opened my eyes. It was the emptiness beside me. I am all alone. No one's with me.
I lay staring at the ceiling. After a long while, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and reached for my phone, trying to shake off anything inside my mind.