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Louis doesn't ride the train today .

Louis doesn't ride the train today .

Louis doesn't ride the train today .

Louis doesn't ride the train today .

Weeks become months , months turn into years and still I see nothing of Louis , people on the train whisper about me , the mother smiles softly at me and it's today that the little boy is back , he sits beside me .

We are silent ,and I began to wonder where he's been - did I make him disappear too even though we barely speak to each other .

I press my hand on the window and he does too , its chill to the bone and we wait until the rain hits against the window that we come back to reality .

People get off , others get on , the train changes gears and still he sits beside me doing his homework with his bottom lip between his teeth .

He's so small ,so delicate and I'm afraid he has no parents when the time hits 10:30 pm and he still sits beside ,pulls out a snack out of his lunch box and offers me a piece .

I slowly take the treat and notice his piercing green eyes ,the boy is breathtaking ,a work of art .


"Dad do you think , mum loved you right when you guys met on the train ?"

I close my eyes , lay my head on the cold window and my hand holds the book that lays on my lap tightly .

" yeah son ,I think he loved me from the very beginning ." I whisper with a smile .


The title of said book , the 35 chapters and best time seller rides the train with us and I miss him of course ,miss him so much that I cry myself to sleep but I know he would want better for me .

I name the book ....

BEFORE YOU .

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