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tion which he refused to answer and instead, left, it felt like there was some part of him lurking around the house. More like he was dead, and his ghost was lurking around trying to get across a message to me.

gan to stare at it. That was the only picture we had taken together, and he allowed me to keep it. If he had tried to take it away from me earlier, then I would have confronted him abo

wever, just as if they knew we were no longer together, they began to fade away one after the other. And as they

Vivian asked, pushing the d

tears on my face, righted myself from the bed and then dropped

my lips. "Yes, I am. I was just trying to put togeth

re and when she came thi

I just saw Damon walking out of here not quite long." she said,

o steady my voice. "But can we n

e said, rubbing my hand as if to ease the pain

miling at her with a me

t he refused to say anything just made me realize that beyond this, there was something more, and he had made peace with his decision. However, I'm glad that I don't have to go through this alone. I'd Vivian by my side. Even though I would have loved for it

r shoulder as she swept her eyes all over the room. "You know qu

I'm ready for any of these." I said, hea

s she gave my shoulder an encouraging squeeze. "It might not be as bad as

rom me." I said, managing to quell the sob rising in my throat. "He too

, shaking her head as the words left her mouth. "You will just have to find a way t

note of firmness in my voice. "There is no way tha

ying." she said, with a

o ask." I said, with a look o

ght go

ge of curiosity in my voice. "I don't want to believe that it's just me, but it felt like he was trying to hide some

" she said, even though the words see

way as if to gather my thoughts. "I knew th

me to tell you that you weren't sounding we

d have known better. However, I really do think that there's something he'

you must be going through a lot right now." she said, with a knowing look. "Damo

rowing my gaze at the words. "Do you th

ng to worry about." she said, with a smile on her lips. "If there was any cha

to make me smile even in difficult situations. However, I knew that I'd

said, letting out a sigh as I swept my eyes all

it is."

ke the third step, I felt a sharp pain in m

ping the sides of my hea

are you a

ngers through my hair as I went on

sa? T