Chapter 9 Forget

I lay back down, ready to erase everything about Camden from my life. But then I saw his latest Instagram post. He had gone to watch the remastered edition of The One Who Got Away and uploaded a photo of two hands intertwined. The caption read, "The first time you watched this movie was in our college cafeteria. Now that I'm watching the remastered version, the one beside me is still you." I glanced at my own movie ticket reservation in the cinema app. Then, the memory of an old review I had once written about the film resurfaced in my mind. I'd once written, "Does love need a reason? Do you get to choose your fate? Lavender was lively and mischievous, yet every smile carried deep emotion. If the one in the clouds ever feels a pang of sorrow, it must be from the tear she once left in his heart." Before I realized it, my face was wet with tears. I felt so sorry for myself. On impulse, I typed out a long message, only to backspace it all. In the end, I settled for sending just a