Shenseea - Bye Bye (official Lyric Video) -

The lyrics scrolled across her mind like the vibrant, jagged fonts of a lyric video. Every word felt like a signature on a divorce paper she had already mentally filed. She remembered the nights she stayed up waiting for him, the "business meetings" that smelled like expensive perfume, and the way he’d try to smooth it all over with a crooked smile.

As she pulled away in a taxi, the hook of the song played one last time in her head. The road ahead was dark, but for the first time in years, she wasn't afraid of the silence. Shenseea - Bye Bye (Official Lyric Video)

She thought of her apartment—the one she was moving out of tomorrow. She thought of the new keys in her pocket, cold and heavy and full of potential. The lyrics on the screen behind the DJ booth flashed in hot pink and electric blue, screaming the independence she had finally reclaimed. The lyrics scrolled across her mind like the

Maya didn’t reply. She didn't need to talk; she had spent three years talking, explaining, and hoping, only to be met with the same hollow promises. As the DJ dropped the opening bars of Shenseea’s the room seemed to shrink until it was just her and the music. “Me no have time fi the drama and the stress...” As she pulled away in a taxi, the

In her hand, her phone buzzed—another text from Marcus. “Where are you? Let’s talk.”

Marcus thought he was the protagonist of her story. He didn't realize he had been demoted to a footnote.