When There Is Nothing Left But Love

At that moment, my sight became blurry, and I kept seeing Macy’s face overlapping with Summer’s. It was like time and space no longer bound me, and that person sitting in front of me was not Summer but Macy.

“A bar is challenging for a woman for sure, but aren’t other jobs the same? Rather than working our lives away for someone else, let’s work for ourselves. You know, Letty. I like that dreamy feeling under the flickering lights. It helps me forget about all my insecurities. And sometimes, I get to see people I missed.”

That was what Macy said that convinced me.

Because she liked it, I supported her. Because she liked it, I sent her over to Jared. Because of all that, she never got to experience true love until the day she died.

Even if everyone was safe, I still feel that thorn in my heart rooted there, unremovable.

There was a fog over my eyes, and I could no longer differentiate the real from the surreal. As a mother, I should be supportive of my children’s dreams, but I could feel something weighing me down, forcing my mouth shut so I could not speak.

Maybe it’s Macy. Maybe she and I have the same idea. I’m sure of it.

“Your mom and I understand.”

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were different. She was not as stubborn, so she was easier to talk

and said, “Since you’re bored of staying at home,

going on in her life worth grieving. “But I would like Mr. Cress to

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decide.” Ashton gave her

pulled me up and headed to our

Daddy.

replied in a daze, with a voice that was no louder than a kitten’s while I let Ashton drag

it and took me into the bathroom, where he undressed me without uttering

with our naked bodies, he turned on the shower and tested the temperature before pulling it

of his fingers. The warm sensation it gave me was enough to