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What Regret Looks Like

Author: Rea melusi
last update publish date: 2026-04-10 21:18:26

He didn’t turn immediately.

Didn’t respond.

The footsteps came closer.

Faster.

Then—

Lorenzo stood in front of him.

Closer than before.

Closer than he had been in months.

Bruno’s eyes lifted slowly.

Cold.

Unmoved.

“I’m not done,” Lorenzo said.

His voice quieter now.

Not for the room.

Just for him.

Bruno said nothing.

Lorenzo held his gaze.

For once—

There was no authority in it.

No command.

Just something raw.

Unfiltered.

“I’m asking for your forgiveness.”

The words didn’t come easily.

But they
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    Lidia did not cry again.Tears were useless now.She tightened the scarf around her head, folding it low over her brow until only a thin line of her eyes showed. Erika watched as Lidia tore a strip of cloth from the edge of her torn dress and wrapped it across her bruised cheek, not to hide the wou

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