curved walnut staircase. She grabbed the carved wooden rail
down at the
i trench coat. He held a massive bouquet of red roses. He was
had looked her in the eye and told her she was w
ay below. She saw Gary and immedia
ispered. She stepped close to him, lett
one split second, they looked at each other. It wasn't a
past life crashed into her current reality
erfectly laced with a mixture of heartbreak and shock. She l
ripped themselves apart and
of disappointment crossed his eyes. He qui
oward the bottom of the stairs, holding the ro
r ears. It mixed with the m
tairs to confront him, her eyes fixed on his guilty face, ignoring the steepness of the steps. She took a ha
rew her hand out to grab the railing, b
creamed from below. It
s. Her shoulder slammed into the edge of a step. Her ribs cracked aga
tom with a sickening thud. Her fore
ly poured down th
ouldn't move. She could only see Gary and
lder, but Giana could feel that his grip was weak. He wasn
w the blood pooling on the white marb
gele dropped to her knees and pressed h
od behind him, her hands covering her mouth, but Giana coul
rced the air. Paramedic
sk was strapped over her face. The smell of plastic and
sharp smell of bl
on her forehead. She felt the needle of an IV tube ta
thing slow and ev
bruising. She's not going to die." Gary's voice floated
giggled softly. "To fall from that hig
against her ribs. They
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