There is nothing to pull.

When the heart goes cold and quiet, all the leashes they have spent years attaching to it simply come loose at once and fall away, because there is nothing left for them to grip.

That is why they never saw it coming.

They had spent five years learning to drive my emotions, and on that kitchen floor, for the first time, the feelings were gone, and I was driving, and there was no longer any way for them to reach the wheel.

Chapter 3 — The Call to Darcy

I pulled out my phone.