Later

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Later that day, mom took you out on the deck to watch the sunset. Soon she left you alone to watch the fiery star pass. You sit, the quiet fall breeze tickling your freckled face. Eventually you heard the creek under the steps of your brother. He sit down next to you." I found somebody," he says." She is beautiful and kind. She acts so much like  you did when you were okay. She's always there for me and I feel..." he pauses." I feel like she filled the hole you left in me. She gives me so much more than you did." Your heart sunk. You refused to cry in front of him. He got up. He said nothing else as the rickety screen door slammed shut. It burned not being in his presence after so long. 

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