Alone

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He told himself he had done everything he could. He had tried his best to make her happy, but there was always something new to worry her, and then the thought of worrying him worried her more. He tried to help her, but maybe he couldn’t do it. No, he didn’t do it. He didn’t save her. She was gone and now he was left alive and more alone than he had ever been in his entire life.

He remembered the way she looked when he told her he had spent much of his life alone. He could tell it made her sad, but it was just a fact of his life. She said she would always be there. She promised to never leave him, so he wouldn’t be alone anymore. He had smiled then. They could be happy together.

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