I felt somehow wrong the instant I crossed the threshold. My heartbeat quickened, each step echoing softly against the polished floor, telling me to turn back, to stay safe, but I didn’t. Something in me wanted it anyway, Even if it meant stepping on a long-awaited hope of mine, the fragile dream I had nurtured for years. And that’s how everything began to wither, piece by piece, leaving me standing in the quiet ruins of what I once thought I could hold.
