The chase of insanity
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griev·ance
/ˈɡrēvəns/
noun
real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.
Everyone feels this one point or another, the feeling of lost hope or the weight of the world on your shoulders. When the crushing reality finally dawns on you.
"They are gone, and they aren't coming back" she whispers. The pressure on her chest increases on the threshold that holds her back, however tears fall with a doubt.
Emily Alabaster is a successful business woman and lawyer. She has a good shield around her emotions however she can break sometimes. Her memories swarm her mind so she drowns herself in work. She distances everyone from her heart so she doesn't get hurt again. Until that one day in the fateful coffee shop.
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