"Winifred." I look behind, his gaze meeting my own as I can see the look of helplessness in his eyes. I know what I have done to him. I know what my words have said. He's broken. He's lost. I've left him just as he left me, but I will not be as cruel. No one deserves the same treatment I received. Besides, there's a countdown until I leave for college, leaving everyone behind in the dust. Yet I wonder if what he said about Charlie is fact and not fib. Could Axel be telling the truth? Maybe I do have a bias, after all, Charlie is my boyfriend. "I swear to you, Winifred, I will do everything I can to have you again, in my arms, and you realizing we are meant to be," Axel states, his voice weak as I know he is broken. He is weak now. I simply, turn back around. "That will take a s**t ton