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Chapter 11: Empty
As I reached home, I go directly to my room and changed my clothes. Washed my face and put on my night beauty regimen. Got to bed and immediately fall asleep. So deep that I entered my dream in a so vivid way. 'I was in the lobby scanning my notes from my sociology class, just reading important notes that I highlighted. Absentmindedly, I was looking at the group of friends from the opposite side of the building. They were talking so loud that made me so irritated. Then, I saw him---the man of my dreams. He was so handsome, the typical one that you'll easily fall in love with. Nick Richards. He's talking as if it is the end of the world. Then it becomes so blurry, like the fog is devouring him. A few more second and he was gone. Vanished from the scene'.
Suddenly, I woke up from that dream. "what a weird dream". I kept on thinking what it was all about. Perhaps I just missed him. It has been so long since I haven't heard from him. And even so, we are still legally married.
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