IF YOU STAYED
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MatureOngoing<5 mins
Last published Tue, Nov 7, 2023
(A companion story to "My Name Is Hals")
The story of Hals Müller's childhood, told through letters to his older brother, Stefan, as well as his younger self, and diary entries, showing the sudden decline of his and Stefan's relationship, to the point where it became no more.
"If only, if only, if only you had stayed. Than just perhaps, just perhaps, brother dear, I would have been less afraid."
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