/Ethan's POV/SIX YEARS LATERI sat in my car, surrounded by the city's evening shadows. The silence was oppressive, punctuated only by the soft hum of distant traffic.I held my phone, staring at the picture plastered on the screen. It was a picture of Annabelle and me. Annabelle's bright smile radiated beside me, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at me, holding onto my hands as if they were a lifeline. My expression, however, was cold, emotionless, and detached.I remember that day vividly; my grandfather forced me to take a picture with Annabelle shortly after the wedding. "Create memories," he'd said, but I'd been angry, livid in fact.And now, when I'd give anything to see that smile again, even a glimpse of it, it was impossible. She was gone, and it was my fault. As I gazed at the phone, my hands tightened around the phone, my grip almost crushing. *************FLASHBACK*****************"Where is he?!" Diane's voice echoed in the room, her voice laced with venom as she
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