viii. loss

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H

e saw how her tears trail her soft cheeks, how her mascara stained and how she breaks.

As much as he wants to envelope her into a hug, he can’t take a step for he knows how vulnerable she is right now.

“They took her life for a couple of dollars and a car?” She faked a laugh. A laugh that no one will ever believe. “They took the life of the most loving and the only valuable person I ever had in my life for seventy dollars and a car.”

This time, he can’t let a single second be done without him on her side.

The strange cold touch turned into a familiar warm touch she longed for a long time as he snaked his arms around her.


“I didn’t know anything about this,” he said with sympathy.

“Because no one really cares, because all of you were just seeing my smiles, not my inconsolableness.”

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