ClydeIt felt… unreal, sitting there with her. Like none of the chaos had ever happened.Like we hadn’t lost everything, she was smiling, actually smiling.Her laughter came easy now, soft, light, unguarded and every time she laughed, it did something to my chest. Something tight. Something painful, because she didn’t remember.Not the pain. Not the love. Not me. And yet… she was here with me anyway.Listening as I spoke, as I filled in the blanks, some truths, sime lies.I told her about how we met, how she used to work at the hotel.That part was real, I told her how stubborn she was. Also real.But there were parts I skipped, parts I twisted, parts I buried.Because this version of us… this version deserved better, and for the first time in my life, I wanted to be that better version.An hour later, we walked back. The island had gone quiet.Most of the lights were dim now, the music gone, the laughter faded into the night.The party was over.Only a few guards remained scattered a
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