Chapter 15
Kevin's Point of View
I sat frozen, my eyes fixated on the restaurant's exit as Callista hastily hailed a passing taxi. The abruptness of her departure left me stunned, as if a lightning bolt had struck, shattering the delicate illusion of our evening together. The people around me and their curious gazes pierced through the veil of polite indifference, questioning and judging the situation. They must have thought our date ended in disaster or that I had been rejected.
Embarrassment swelled within me, threatening to consume my very being, but beneath the surface, a more profound sadness, disappointment, and a lingering ache of abandonment gnawed at my heart. Callista had seemed off, troubled even, for some time now. I had sensed her unease, questioned her about it, only to re
