The Heartbreak Prescription

Chapter 47

He reminded her that the area was dangerous and urged her to leave quickly. The people chasing him were closing in, and she wouldn't make it out alive if she stayed.

But the girl didn't leave. Instead of running, she struggled to drag him with her, pulling him into a hidden cave.

"Big Brother, this place is safe. They won't find us here," she said.

He looked at the girl-so young, only a child. It was already into the winter months, but she was wearing just a thin, faded dress

that had been washed so many times it was nearly white. It seemed like she had been in this forest alone for a long time, her only

companion the tattered doll she clutched in her arms.

He was badly injured, his body icy-cold.

The girl reached out and hugged him. "Are you cold? If I hold you like this, you won't feel cold anymore."

He looked into her eyes, so clear and bright.

"Why are you here alone? Where's your home? Where are your parents?" he asked.

The girl was silent for a moment. “I have no home, no parents. No one wants me in this world."

He pulled her into his arms. "If I survive, I'll take you out of here. I want you around."

around his neck and placed it on

cold cave, holding each other for warmth. Their shared body heat kept

next morning, the girl

arrived, and he had no choice but

Stanley mumbled in his sleep, suddenly jolting

been a dream. He

had found her long ago-that girl

his circle knew that he and Jessica

all these

be spoiled and radiant.

was his precious

next to him, he

body, so determined as she dragged him

dreamed of her warmth, holding

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sudden disappearance,

but then he suddenly realized there was a soft, fragrant body in his

from the night before came flooding back. He

back against him, and he had wrapped his arms

the night like that, wrapped in each other's