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Silence, Again

Author: Meso_faith
last update publish date: 2026-02-27 19:45:42

“Worse than everything you just told me?”

Anna nodded, picking at her nails. She'd tried. Or maybe she hadn't tried hard enough.

“What is it?”

She couldn't meet Leah's eyes as she murmured, “I never apologized.”

“That's…”

“I walked toward him once. Twice. Three times. But each time I saw his face… I turned around.”

Not because she didn’t feel bad, but because she couldn't bring herself to face him. And would an apology have made everything okay?

Leah stood and walked over to the window. Ann
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