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 his neck and placed it

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

he woke the next morning, the girl was

comrades arrived, and he had no choice but to

Stanley mumbled

dream. He had dreamed of that girl

her long

his circle knew that he and Jessica were a perfect couple. He

Jessica by his side all

be spoiled and radiant.

she was his

next to him, he

dreamed of her thin body, so determined as she

of her warmth, holding

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disappearance,

suddenly realized there was a soft,

there, her head resting against his chest. The memories from the night before

against him, and he had wrapped his arms around

night like that, wrapped in each