The One He Let Go

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world around me was a blur, but I could still make out the sharp lines of white hospital walls. I blinked slowl

said, his voice tight, t

e of anything. I was

voice raw, every word feeling lik

out for a while," Adrian explained, his hand

to piece together the

woman standing by the window, "she's my sister, Olivia. I ca

but her presence felt like a

ht, the reality of the situatio

hoping the answer would be something not

d, long enough to make my stomach churn-was

. you're pregnant.

gna

I couldn't process it. Pregnant? There was no way. This coul

ild. The thought was a knife to my heart, cold and unfo

d no cho

ng to stand, but the dizziness swept over

the shoulders, his g

need rest. You know what the doctor sai

ce hardening with the force of my emotions. "

frustrated sigh b

ut I had already grabbed my bag an

," I said, not

ething in me that told me if I did

ld clear my mind. But nothing helped. My body felt heavy, burdened by a

d sat in silence as the city whizzed by. I though

nside me cracke

t had once felt like home, I realized I didn't belon

yself to w

perfume-sweet and heavy in the air. The house f

trail of shoes leading up the stairs. Something in me told me

ding in my chest, my body heavy with

y were. Ander

was kissing her. They didn'

und me. This was it. That was my breaki

't just the sight of them that hurt, it was the complete lack of care in

nd fled downstairs, but Anderson was faster

s voice was cold, flat. "Told

m, to curse him o

eyes, but I would

g with fury. "How dare yo

e didn't seem to care, didn't even ack

gave up everything for you, and this is wha

, the fury, the helplessness. I pressed my hand to m

in the eye, daring him to meet my gaze. "You'll never see his/her face. And the both of you? You will

nk. He didn't understan

, her express

nothing but a stupid bitch. And by the way, I'

at her words, the

o you hate me so much? How could you do t

mile, her eyes cold and dismis

ou as a sister, Ke

k a deep breath, hol

th all the streng

or the divo

ess what he heard. He stood up, walked upt

em without

. "Fuck you," I whispered, the words carrying the