I think something in me changed. I don't want to call people my people anymore. I don't want to trust too easily, talk too freely, or let anyone get close enough to hurt me like this again. Maybe I was too open. Maybe I cared too much. Maybe I kept believing that if I loved someone enough, they would stay. I don't believe that anymore. From now on, I'll keep more of myself to myself. I'll hide the things that hurt. I'll think twice before I trust. I'll stop expecting people to stay just because they once promised they would. I don't know if this is me becoming stronger or just becoming colder. Maybe, for now, I don't need to know. I just know that the version of me who trusted without fear is gone.