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Tʜᴇ Tʀᴜᴛʜ : Pᴀʀᴛ 4.0

𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑦．

𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑． 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒．𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛． 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ？ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛． 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑔．

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𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒．

" 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 ． " 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑．

" i wont. who is this.. "

" 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟．． 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 ． " 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛

" why cant you remember. "

" 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒． " 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑． 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑．

" when. "

"．． 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛．" 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛．

" was it you? who said my name? how do you know it. "

" 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢． "

" ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑡． "

" ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒． "

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟． 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 ， 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 ， 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑡．

𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒．

ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠．

"bruce..?"

" ʙʀᴜᴄᴇ... Yᴀᴍᴀᴅᴀ.. ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅs."

"𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒．"

" 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ． 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒 ．"
" 𝑢ℎ， 𝑖𝑚 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒． " 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒．

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚． 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑡．

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒． 𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒．𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒．𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 ， 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠．

" ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑡 ． "

" ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒．"

𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒． 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑦． 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑． ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒．

" did..did the phone ring for you bruce."

"𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 ．．" ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 ． 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛．

" 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑡．"

" 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢．"

𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ． 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠． 𝑖 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒． 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘． ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙．

𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛．

" 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔rabber ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜． 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡． "

" 𝑖 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑙𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜 ... 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑜́𝑛. "
               " im sorry. forever in my heart. "

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡．𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦．

" ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ. ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ Asʜʟᴇʏ. ꜰᴏʀ ᴜs."

𝑖 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑． 𝑤𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦．

" Asʜʟᴇʏ. "

" 𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒． "

" ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴀ ᴅɪʀᴛ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʟʟᴡᴀʏ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪʟᴇ ɪs ʟᴏᴏsᴇ.. ᴅɪɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ."

"ⵊ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀsɴ'ᴛ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. "

"𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑒 ． 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢"

"ᴀɴʏᴛɪᴍᴇ."

..

" Asʜʟᴇʏ."

" 𝑦𝑒𝑠？"

" Dᴏ ɪᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ. Bʀᴜᴄᴇ Yᴀᴍᴀᴅᴀ. ⵊ ᴄᴀɴ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ. Yᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜɢ. "

(a/n: SCREAMING AND CRYING)

𝑆𝑇𝐴𝑇𝐼𝐶．

once bruce hung up i cried. i don't know for how long but it felt like a long time.

i started digging under the tile.

grabbing dirt and flushing it down the toilet in the process.

a while later. i was finished.

i got chills again as i fell asleep.

( nahh im over here sobbing. "