he afternoon light stretched long across the crowded street, glinting on t
f all emotions had dried up. No more an
ur past, the neighborhoods, the strangers, the streetlights beginning to glow in the du
re moving to the city with Edric. I opened my phone, checke
my phone began to vibrate. On the screen appeared a n
ed before
warm, and familiar. "The maid told me you left th
other's kindness that had always embraced me, e
I just... need to get away for a while. Between Edri
for a few seconds,
day would come sooner or later.
ly, though my
say that. I do
as if I were speaking m
the scenery drift by. Memories began to surf
side inn to pull someone trapped from a burning car. I didn't think about anything t
Mr. Raymond, were by my side. They told me I had saved t
at time, I didn
had taken away my memory. A
no friend
g small jobs to survive with an
hat they would take care of me
Edric a
told me that if I agreed to marry Edric, they would consider it repayment for sa
on our wedding day, Edric
ember that
ely two pages long, with w
emotional involvement required. After
and signe
over. And deep down, I had hoped that maybe within those two years,
y, I und
ngs are meant t
pulled me back
t. I have no right to ask you to stay. But please remember this, Anne... no matter what happen
ip, my voi
rateful for your kindness. Perhaps the only thing
e said softly. "It's just a pi
rs, which slipped down
hing. From the start, i
lowly, "I believe one
e wind whistling through the cracks of the window. When the call en
opped at t
The air smelled of jet fuel, filled with the sharp
ngs money I'd earned myself over the past two years by teaching ch
new, and I ne
to leave wit
d to live a life where I
terminal stairs, a sud
om across the road that was
d someone shout, and th
hoed in my ears. Warm b
ite and then blur
.
nt, inside the Ra
phone in hand. The screen's glow reflected i
was a single
don't have to
faint, satisfied smil
leaned back, and gazed t
holding two c
miling at?" he
of soft brown hair behind her e
just got rid of something that
rowned
ethi
ok her cup, tilted her
she whispered, her voice hone
r of doubt in his eyes, b
rig
ice doo
ffee lingered in the air... and Bella's knowing s
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