A String of Blues ✓
thedrowningfishi
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  • Reads 1,514
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  • Parts 22
  • Time 1h 24m
thedrowningfishi
Complete, First published Dec 14, 2015
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there's a jar of blue pearls on the table. and next to it, some string.
nimble fingers pick them up, and one by one joins them in painful matrimony.
when she is finished, she hangs it around her neck; a haunting string of blues. 


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His Jahan

46 parts Complete Mature

" What do you mean, doctor?" I asked. My heart dropping, putting piece to piece together. " Yes, Jahangir Ali Khan-" tension was coiling around my pulse. " your wife has a mental condition in which she wants to attempt chances of suicide more than she wants chances to live." Those words had hell breaking loose as I stood up grabbing the doctor by his collar. " Shut your pretty mouth or else I'll have to slit it." I groaned. The doctor panicked. Fear stricken eyes staring at me. " Mr. Jahangir, this is the ultimate truth." The man choked. Choking up my emotions and hopes- altogether. - When Jahan's beloved wife leaves him behind in this world. He loses hope, accepting that life is nothing more but his suffering. But when a certain woman's heart catches his, he isn't ready to move on the path. Little does he know that the woman has lost more hope than he had ever breathed.

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