Sacrificed Everything For A Heartless Man

Villarr

s idea, a grand gesture of repentance. He knelt before their memorial plaques, hi

ds clasped together. "I swear to you, I will spend the rest of

e' d used a year ago, when I first found out

lat. "And even if they could, I doubt they' d want

was replaced by practiced remorse. "Brooklyn, please. I know

r you to demolish th

ed my bags. He had followed me to my parents' graves, falling to his knees in the rain, begging, pleading, promising he would die without me. He' d even held a shard of a broken

as a business decision. It h

ration against the silent reverence of the

t?" I asked, though I

ng for an understanding I no longer had to give. "She' s

low. It sucked the air from my lungs, l

ng," I stated. It

up, brushing the dust from his expensive trousers, his attention already mil

night hand-copying sutras for my mother when she was sick, praying for her recovery with a

ow ache that mirrored the one in my soul. I prayed until my voice was raw, not for

and Karly' s cloying perfume. He didn' t say a word, just pulled me into his arms, his touch rough and deman

tired to fight, too broken to care. I just lay there, a doll in his arms, waiting

n was a splash

shaking him awake

rolling ov

n' t use

a harsh laugh. "What' s the difference? I

hysical blow. My hand reacted before my mind could, the cr

nternal injuries. The doctors had been gentle, but firm. Conceiving would be a miracle, Mrs. Guy

stupor, the truth had slipped out, ugly an

domen. I gasped, doubling over. A warm, wet se

So much

ness consumed me was the flicker of