resignation, noun

“I give up on you,” she says. “No one’s let me down like this before.”

He stares at her, but doesn’t make a sound. He’s accepting it. Because it’s true.

She continues.

“You don’t know what it’s like — waiting, hoping for a change that’s never going to come. You failed me. You failed us.”

He looks down.

“Look at me,” she says.

He looks at her.

“I’m done.”