Cat: Burns - Go (goddard. Remix)

As the drop approached, the world seemed to slow down. Leo was only a few feet away, reaching out a hand, his lips forming her name. Maya looked at him—really looked at him—and realized she didn't want the explanation. She didn't want the weight of him anymore.

Maya didn't stay to hear what he had to say. As the remix exploded into its high-octane rhythm, she turned her back and stepped into the thick of the dancers. The music was a wall of sound, a physical barrier that Leo couldn't cross. She moved with the beat, her heart syncing to the 174 BPM, feeling the lightness that comes when you stop holding on. Cat Burns - Go (goddard. Remix)

But the track was shifting. The tempo climbed, building a tension that matched the racing of Maya’s heart. As the drop approached, the world seemed to slow down

Across the room, she saw Leo. He was a ghost of a life she was trying to outrun—a collection of "what-ifs" and late-night apologies that never quite landed. He saw her, too. He started to move through the crowd, his face set in that familiar look of needing to explain, needing one more minute of her time. She didn't want the weight of him anymore