The Last Guess Was Goodbye
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Corbin, Davis, Seth, and I grew up in the same neighborhood. We'd been inseparable since childhood, promising to go to college together and never leave anyone behind.
Everything changed when Mira moved into Corbin's house during high school.
Since then, every major decision had become a guessing game. They always told me to guess their choices, and I was always the one left out.
Three days before our graduate school decision deadline, I asked where everyone was going.
Corbin, my boyfriend, hinted at Boston. Mira posted a photo of New York, and Davis shared a video from Chicago.
I spent seventy-two hours reconsidering my options, desperate to stay with them.
Then I found a secret group chat on Corbin's laptop.
Mira: You're really all coming to New York for me?
Davis: We already accepted.
Seth: What about Brenna?
Corbin: Let her choose for herself. Once she realizes we're all together, she'll follow us. She always does.
I stared at the screen. They'd already planned their future without me.
This time, I didn't try to catch up.
Instead, I accepted an offer from Project Aegis, a classified federal research program requiring two years at a restricted facility with limited outside contact.
They'd made me guess for years.
Now it was their turn.
Everything changed when Mira moved into Corbin's house during high school.
Since then, every major decision had become a guessing game. They always told me to guess their choices, and I was always the one left out.
Three days before our graduate school decision deadline, I asked where everyone was going.
Corbin, my boyfriend, hinted at Boston. Mira posted a photo of New York, and Davis shared a video from Chicago.
I spent seventy-two hours reconsidering my options, desperate to stay with them.
Then I found a secret group chat on Corbin's laptop.
Mira: You're really all coming to New York for me?
Davis: We already accepted.
Seth: What about Brenna?
Corbin: Let her choose for herself. Once she realizes we're all together, she'll follow us. She always does.
I stared at the screen. They'd already planned their future without me.
This time, I didn't try to catch up.
Instead, I accepted an offer from Project Aegis, a classified federal research program requiring two years at a restricted facility with limited outside contact.
They'd made me guess for years.
Now it was their turn.

















































