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One
Isabella couldn't get the pounding in her heart to reside. The roaring waves pushed and lapped against her insides as she stared at the raged man in front of her mouth remaining wide open in unequivocal shock. Her mind somehow refused to comprehend the words Phineas had so furiously uttered just a few moments ago.
"W-what?" Isabella asked looking at the man before her, the man who swore loved her.
"What did you think I just said?" Phineas clenched his teeth, boring holes into her eyes. her eyes flickered from his red fingertips to his set jaw.
"Wow, you have the decency to actually say that to me?" Isabella scoffed, the aftermath settling in both the tension of the atmosphere and every syllable she uttered.
"I gave up so much for you you and you say that to me?"
"I’m just so tired of everything." Phineas let out a hefty sigh, rubbing his face with his large palm. "I just-"
"Need to go away. You always say that." Isabella abruptly cut him biting her lip to stop herself from releasing the frustrated tears that had slowly built up over the past few difficult months.
"Go ahead. Walk out of that door." keeping her tone steady, she walked over to the sofa and collapsed. She looked up and watched with despair as Phineas sauntered toward the door and slammed it shut without a second thought. As soon as he had left, tears sprung from Isabella's eyes as if it was an instinct to do so. Sobs rang and echoed throughout the now-empty apartment as Isabella continued crying, unable to stop herself.
Isabella didn't know what horrifying sin she committed to deserve a dying, crumbling love like this. She never understood what she had done wrong, she never understood why nothing would go as she wanted. Perhaps she was paying for sins she didn't remember.
As the sun began to slowly set, creating an extravagant palette of orange, yellow, and pink, some of the glittering light glazing through the windows and resting on Isabella's weary face. She let out a sigh as she watched the street life, feeling so lonely and tired of just this.