The Space You LeftBefore the heartbreak. Before everything changed. Every bond starts somewhere... Jeff was supposed to be the one she could count on. But with every broken promise, every silent absence, Mandy finds comfort in the last place she expected-Mike. As loyalty blurs the lines between friendship and something more, Mandy and Mike are forced to face a truth neither of them dares to speak. Some connections are chosen. Others are forged in the spaces left by the people who should've shown up. This is the story of how it all began.