A heavy silence fell onto the room as Andrew's and Elio's eyes widened in shock, and they froze. Their eyes fixed on the cold object on Andrew's hand as they stared at the cold truth unraveling in Andrew's hand, the thing that was never meant to surface.
The locket. The locket that Andrew's dad gave to Andrew right the day before the fire incident as a gift was never just a locket. It was never just a memory of his parents.
This thing had never been a locket at all. Instead, it had been a disguise hiding something way more heavy than its weight, a secret from the world.
For a moment the world froze, and both Andrew and Elio didn't speak or even move as they slowly took in the unexpected revelation. Their minds raced with countless thoughts as, in a second, they thought about everything at the same time, nothing as none of them aligned together.
