The love we couldn't keep

ttering in the breeze. Tourists bustled around her-taking pictures, chasing pigeons, laughing loudly-but sh

she s

canning the horizon as if looking for a ship that never came. The moment

said as sh

e was even, but he

sure you

her w

gulls above them and waves crashing below. A silen

Daniel

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peak, just k

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topped

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an wind tossing strands of

cause you stopped lovi

er sto

ser, eyes burn

et wasn't you. Every time I looked at my success, it felt h

t. No explanation. No goodbye. I had

myself

s voice made h

nd I didn't know how to fight for

yway," she said

ushing her hand with h

But I needed you to know th

away. Her eyes

" she murmured. "I

on't," he

admitted.

eeper this time.

them kept moving. Somewhere in the distance, a street musicia

to hers now, fingers lacing

issed y

ipped at the

can trust you aga

arn it. One st

every cell in her body was

the sky painted itself in hues of gold and crimson

to walk back toward her ca

r tomo

expression unreadable