But ending it did not make the feelings disappear.

That became the harder part.

PART 15 — GRIEF FOR A RELATIONSHIP THAT DID NOTHING WRONG

Zachary barely left his room for several days.

He was not grieving betrayal by Liam.

There had been none.

Liam had not known.

Neither had Zachary.

They lost the relationship because of information neither controlled.

That creates a strange grief.