The Promise We Left Behind

THE PROMISE WE LEFT BEHIND

"You'll never leave me, right?"

"Never."

They were children when Gray made her that promise.

Then college happened.

At first, his calls became shorter.
His visits became rarer.
And eventually, Gray simply stopped coming home.

Wren waited.

Until one day, she stopped.

Six years taught her something she had never wanted to learn:

Never build your whole world around one person.

So when Gray finally returns to Heavenspin because of a family emergency, he expects to find the little girl who used to wait for him.

Instead, he finds Wren.

A young woman who doesn't run into his arms.

She doesn't blame him.
She doesn't demand an explanation.
She doesn't even treat him cruelly.

She simply looks at him like he's someone she used to know.

Because Wren remembers the promise.

She just doesn't believe in it anymore.

And Gray is about to discover that leaving someone behind doesn't mean they'll be waiting when you come back.