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g before hitting the call. We met online in a readers forum, both lov

hs ago. Start fresh, she said, you don'

't. I stay

her I was married. Heck, Kelly thought that I was just a s

I eve

reath and hit t

s once.

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er than expected

cracked, it's

overing then a voice broke out, oh my God.

e hotel room like

to be. I'm coming

ust said. Good. I'll be at the station waiting f

ly months, I let out a shaky breat

I hadn't slept throughout the night, just stared out the window, watchin

verything he wasn't, maybe tha

gging behind me, my heart pounding like I was walk

e seconds, I was invisible in the crowd. And Maybe

I sa

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as she scanned the crowd, her brown curls bounced with every t

her pictures, except m

lking, I bec

What if she saw throu

face lit up in a way wh

na

odd

d pulled me into a tight hu

ere Lena, she whispered i

d, but held b

e like someone that hasn't slept in days. She just grabbed my suitcas

e ready we can talk, take your time, if you don't fe

ands, and rub

ked it. It was comforting, I swallo

artbeat, I let myself hope, for the first time in

n my gut whisperer, he won't let

okay, sh

my face, but the smile that broke through was re

could hear the loud sound coming from my belly, and I qui

! What the hell, how could I be so careless?I le

troom. It happened when I tried getting my wipes from my ba

ss, picking different clothes, unable to figure out the one

had a long day picking me up from the train

moreover you are new in this city, she a

e. I to

no problem, let m

I didn't flinch a bit. Took the available tram and set off to the trai

he lost and found office, my thoughts racing. I arrived at

just the humming of distance tracks a

to find my missing inhaler, suddenly someone passed beside

l,

not from the cold, but from the tightness crawling up m

lar trying to calm my breath, but the dust that flared up

eded

alm, so I didn't collapse, but it was all in vain. Then

headl

ed out , tall, broad - broad shouldered, his muscles

ed, crashing painfully on th

ey, can you hear me? H

just pulled off his coat and gently lifted m

d on me that I was in the hospital, panic surfaced ag

d a low voi