The neon sign of the "Last Stop" diner flickered, casting a rhythmic, jagged red light across Elias’s dashboard. For three years, his life had been a series of high-stakes arguments and hollow apologies—a war where neither side ever truly won, but both were losing everything.
He pulled a crumpled note from his pocket. It was his own handwriting, a list of reasons to stay that had dwindled down to a single, shaky word: Memory. "I'm done," he whispered to the windshield. Godsmack – Surrender (Official Audio)
He gripped the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. In his head, the familiar refrain played: How many times can we do this? The neon sign of the "Last Stop" diner