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What I Never Told You
"I'm leaving."The words hung in the air like smoke. I stared at Kaelan, my heart stopping."What?""I'm leaving." His voice was quiet, but firm. "I've been thinking about it for a while. I need to go.""Go where?""I don't know. Anywhere. Everywhere." He looked at me. "I've been here for so long. I've been hiding for so long. And I don't want to hide anymore.""You're not hiding. You're healing.""Am I? Or am I just avoiding everything?" He shook his head. "I came here because I was broken. And I've been here for years. Years. And I'm still broken.""That's not true. You've grown so much.""Have I?" He laughed bitterly. "I still can't talk about what happened. I still can't say her name. I still can't let go.""Then talk to me. Tell me what happened."He was quiet for a long moment. "Her name was Sarah. We were together for three years. We were going to get married.""What happened?"He looked away. "She died. She got sick. Cancer. It was fast. Too fast. One day she was fine, and the
The Door I Couldn't Open
"I knocked."Sam's voice was barely a whisper. They were standing at the edge of the clearing, their face pale, their hands shaking. The carving was still wrapped in cloth, clutched against their chest."What happened?" I asked, moving toward them."They opened the door. Her mother. She looked at me and she knew." Sam's voice cracked. "She knew who I was. She knew why I was there.""What did she say?"Sam was quiet for a long moment. "She said I shouldn't have come. She said I should have let her forget.""Oh, Sam.""She was so angry. So hurt. And I couldn't blame her. I just stood there and let her scream at me. I let her say everything she'd been holding in for years.""That must have been so hard.""It was. But I deserved it. I deserved every word.""No, you didn't.""Yes, I did." Sam's voice was fierce. "I took her daughter from her. I took her future. I took everything. She had the right to be angry.""What happened then?"Sam looked down at the carving in their hands. "She stopp
When the Past Comes Home
"Sam didn't come back."Marcus's voice was flat, hollow. He was standing at the gate, staring down the empty road. The morning sun was bright, but his face was shadowed."What do you mean they didn't come back?" I asked, my heart already pounding."They left this morning. To give the carving to the little girl's parents. They said they'd be back by noon." He turned to face me. "It's almost dark."I felt the blood drain from my face. "Maybe they just got held up. Maybe they're talking to the parents.""Maybe. Or maybe they ran away again.""No." I shook my head. "They wouldn't do that. Not after everything.""Wouldn't they? They've run away before.""That was different. They're different now."Marcus was quiet for a moment. "I hope you're right."I looked toward the gate. The road stretched into the darkness."I'm going to find them," I said."Alone?""You're not in any state to go anywhere. Stay here. If they come back, I need you here."Marcus looked like he wanted to argue. But he n
The Truth About Letting Go
"Michael asked me to marry him."Rina's voice cut through the morning air like lightning. Everyone around the fire froze. Marcus dropped his carving."What?" Marcus's voice was barely a whisper."He asked me to marry him. Last night. In the hospital." Rina's face was a mix of confusion and something that looked like fear. "He said he almost died and he realized he couldn't live without me. He said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me."Sam stared at her. "What did you say?""I didn't say anything. I just stood there. I couldn't speak.""Why not?""Because I don't know if I want to marry him." Rina's voice cracked. "I don't know if I want to get married at all. I don't know if I'm ready for any of this.""You don't have to decide right now," I said. "You can take your time.""He proposed to me in a hospital bed. That's not exactly romantic.""It's still a proposal. That's something."Rina shook her head. "I don't know what to do. I love him. I really do. But I don't know if
What I Didn't Say
"I can't do this again."Marcus's voice was barely a whisper. He was standing at the hospital window, staring out at the parking lot below. His reflection was ghostly in the glass."Do what?" I asked."Lose someone. Watch someone slip away." He turned to face me. "I thought Michael was going to die. I thought I was going to have to watch Rina lose her brother the way I lost mine.""But he didn't die. He's going to be okay.""I know. But it brought everything back. All the fear. All the helplessness. All the things I thought I'd buried."I moved closer. "You never buried them. You just pushed them down."He laughed bitterly. "That's the same thing, isn't it?""No. Pushing them down means they're still there. Burying them means they're gone.""And I'm never going to bury them, am I?""Probably not. But you can learn to live with them."Marcus was quiet for a long moment. Then he said, "I thought I was getting better. I thought I was healing. But one thing happens and I fall apart all ov
The Empty Chair
"I don't know how to tell her."Marcus's voice cracked. He was standing at the edge of the clearing, staring at the fire. Rina was asleep nearby, her face still streaked with tears. The morning sun was rising, casting long shadows across the ground."Tell her what?" I asked.He turned to me. His eyes were red. "I got a call. From Michael's phone. It wasn't him. It was the hospital."My heart stopped. "What happened?""He got into an accident. Last night. After he left." Marcus's voice broke. "He was driving too fast. Lost control. He's in critical condition.""Oh my God. Marcus...""I have to tell her. She's his sister. She has the right to know." He looked at Rina's sleeping form. "But I don't know how. I don't know how to break her heart like that.""You have to tell her. She deserves to know.""I know. I just..." He ran his hands through his hair. "What if he doesn't make it? What if I have to tell her that her brother is dead?""Then you tell her. And you hold her. And you don't l
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