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."

off the crystal pendant around

in the cold cave, holding each other for

the next morning, the girl was gone.

arrived, and he had no choice but to leave by

mumbled in his sleep, suddenly

been a dream. He had dreamed of that girl

her long ago-that girl had been

circle knew that he and Jessica were a perfect

Jessica by his side all these years, raising her

be spoiled and radiant.

knew she was his

he still often dreamed of that girl

thin body, so determined

her warmth, holding him

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dreamed of her sudden disappearance, waking up

tried to move, but then he suddenly realized there was

resting against his chest. The memories from the night before came flooding back. He remembered

had curled her delicate back against him, and

had spent the night like that, wrapped in each other's