It Ends | Bailey Zimmerman - Where

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.

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. Bailey Zimmerman - Where It Ends

For the last two years, he had been a soldier in a war he was never going to win. He fought for her on her absolute worst days. When she was drowning in her own doubts, he was the anchor. When the rest of the world walked away, he stood his ground, taking the hits and absorbing the collateral damage of her chaos. He went to battle for her always, bleeding himself dry just to keep her safe. Slowly, he put the truck in gear and

He looked at the road ahead, wiped his eyes, and exhaled a long, shaky breath into the cold air. This was where it ends. The rain was coming down hard in Louisville,

He reached over to the passenger seat and picked up the small box of things she had left behind. He realized he had to bury all these memories, or they would bury him.