Mei stood alone in the room after the door clicked shut.
The silence rushed back in to fill the space Ryan had left behind was painful. She stayed where she was for a long moment, not moving, just standing in the middle of the floor with her arms at her sides.
She had told him to leave. Told him not to come back. Her words had come out louder than she'd meant them to, sharper, and she knew even as she said them that they weren't the whole truth. Maybe not even close to it. But they were necessary, that much she was sure of.
Because she knew what Ryan coming for her would mean.
