"I didn't want to be tied down. I didn't want to let anyone near my body. It seemed strange, like disbelief. It started after my mother's death. I didn't want to tie down to anyone for a long time. I didn't want to experience it again," nervously.
"What didn't you want to experience again?"
"I didn't want to lose the person I loved again. I didn't want to tie myself up because I didn't want to feel the pain and emptiness again."
"Have you ever experienced something in your life that made you doubt this belief of yours?"
"Yes. Yes," I swallowed loudly. "there's a person I have feelings for, and I don't know what to do."
"Do what your heart tells you."
"The heart is just a muscle. What we call love—if such a thing even exists—lies elsewhere," I replied.
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My Life with Death
Mystery / ThrillerFor all my life, I was always working with death. Previously, I negotiated justice for creatures that died out millions of years ago and afterward also for humans - victims of brutal crimes nowadays. But one human I couldn't help. And the person was...
