"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.

𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

"𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧' 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞" 𝑻𝒐𝒊 𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒊, 𝒄'𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆... 𝐊𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐀𝐓𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐒.

~𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓~ 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝑰. 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘. ʰᵃˢ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ⁱⁿˢᵖⁱʳᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ˡⁱᶠᵉ.