It's loud in the paddock. But where you once stood with him, there's silence.

Esteban walks past you with his head held high. He doesn't even look at you.

Not anymore.

He once promised you the world and you believed him.

You fell in love with him.

Relentlessly, quickly...blindly. You put him first, stood in the shadows while he shined...and he adored it.

You gave your all and they all know it.

But then, slowly, he let the fire die down.

You watched as he let go, as he let everything you had built, burn away.

The late-night calls became empty rooms. The whispered secrets, the forgotten words.

You saw the signs, the way he laughed a little less with you, the way his thoughts wandered elsewhere.

But you ignored them.

You should have known.

You gave him everything, every piece of yourself, until there was nothing left to give.

And when you were empty, when you had nothing left to offer, he left.

With a text message : "I can't do this anymore."

And two months later, he replaced you.

With someone who wears his hoodie, stands in the places you used to, smiles at him like he's her whole world.

Just like you once did.

But now the chapter is closed and done.

Now it's goodbye for you.

For the longest time, you thought it was your fault.

But standing here now, watching him from a distance, you feel something else.

Not anger.

Not sadness.

But relief.

Because losing him was the only way you could find yourself again.