My Love Was Gone

, I found myself lyi

iations, the kidnappers said they would only release one hostage. T

my heart as I stared

so calmly, without a t

didn't unders

arriage, I had only spoken

l forces operative, fluent in eight langua

with the kidnappers wa

ers hadn't chosen Jolene, you and Jacob must still be secondary, as you

rms, and my arms becam

y cold body was

went to see a movie one day. We were caug

ield Jacob and me, holding us cl

id, "Don't worry. I'l

w shielding a

had become expen

dn't

already dried up with th

home, I became u

sembling a soulless shell. I just quie

zed and mentally unstable, so

nly to see the words "post-traumati

Rodger slept deeply

ssage that self-destru

ontained just

eenlistment has

y and opened a lon

assembled, and cleaned the sniper

like a rare comfort

w, I gazed into the h

s appro

.

al was exceed

nd we had to deal with it secretly, so he di

ted to protect Jol

mourning hall, I looked at t

ith his tiny canine teeth sh

stone was lodged in my

ered his hundred-

banquet at the city's finest hotel and

ounce to the world that

to everyone, "This is my son. He'll grow up

still echoed

Rodger couldn't even ha

l was silent, wi

black and gazed a

sound of high h

e arr

delicate makeup. As soon as she entered, she threw herself

at me with eyes full of

ne staggered. She let out a soft

pped forward and c

voice carried a tension he d

ned against him and said, "It b

ts followed cl

, pointed at my nose, and cursed, "You bad luck ch

ws tightly. He ignored his mother's ins

d. My hands were in my pockets, and my fi

ad struck Jacob's body i

ne, who was "palpitati

mall window as the roaring flames consumed Jacob, whom I h

uffered severe bleeding a

ght never be able to

s my onl

laced Jacob's ashes in a sm

elt so

the urn ho

ts stretched m