Bailey Zimmerman - Where It Ends -

Just like that, the illusion shattered. The truth hit him like a jet plane screaming across a clear blue sky, tearing through the clouds until the sun came shining down, blindingly bright, on all of her lies. There was no more hiding. There was no more pretending that if he just tried harder, gave more, or fought longer, she would finally choose him.

Slowly, he put the truck in gear and pulled out onto the slick, dark highway. His chest ached, and his hands shook slightly on the wheel, but a strange, heavy sense of resolve was beginning to settle over him. He had too much pride left in his bones to let himself be destroyed by someone who didn't care if he survived. Bailey Zimmerman - Where It Ends

The rain was coming down hard in Louisville, Illinois, but inside the cab of his beat-up Ford, the air was suffocatingly still. He sat with his forehead resting against the steering wheel, watching the headlights cut through the downpour like a searchlight exposing a crime scene. Just like that, the illusion shattered

He had given her a second chance, letting her back behind the walls he had barely managed to build up after the last heartbreak. He thought they were finally mending the broken roads. Then came tonight. There was no more pretending that if he