Aaron Burr, Sir

3. He Destroyed Others. And He Destroyed Himself

3. He destroyed others. And he destroyed himself.

It was a beautiful winter day in the private suburbs of London. Aaron had been strolling through the quiet, peaceful road, gazing at the flowers blossoming from the earth. He was admiring the rosy petals on a beautiful button, letting his fingers linger on the silky folds of the rose before he heard a familiar voice.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Angelica Schuyler stood steps behind Aaron Burr, the man that killed her sister's husband. The man that killed her "what if."

She had changed magnificently since the last time Aaron spoke to her. Though her confident posture remain, her once stoic eyes were now vulnerable. Her hair was entwined with grey, and her voice was laced with a tiredness he knew all too well. Tired of losing those close to her heart.

"Angelica," he whispered as he watched her stand next to him, her eyes never once leaving the alluring rose, "I'm so-"

"Don't." She said, taking in a ragged breath. "Just, don't."

He nodded, but she never once took her eyes off the flower. Aaron stood there, uncomfortably shifting from foot to foot, not knowing what to say. He then placed his hand on her shoulder, and when she didn't react, he spoke once again.

"I know that nothing I say will ever change wha-"

Angelica cut him off with her steady voice, "Burr, I just hope you know that you destroyed Eliza, you destroyed their children, and you destroyed me. We were both at his side as he died, and you want to know what he said? He told us that he forgave you. He forgave you. It's been ten years, and I still can't forget the way his eyes lost their flame. You destroyed us, Aaron Burr. You destroyed us, and I hope you're happy for the rest of your life."

With that, Angelica left Aaron, whose wounds have now been reopened. Tears leaked freely from his eyes as he watched her fading figure, brokenly uttering a simple pair of words that will never be heard by anyone but the nature surrounding him.

"I know."

Months later, Aaron Burr would learn that Angelica Schuyler passed away, holding her sister's hand.