JEREMÍAS I watch her, my heart sinking as she stares at me, her eyelids fluttering as she realizes everything. Her hand slowly drifts up under her blouse, her fingers stopping as she reaches her ribs.She traces the rough line beneath her bra, exhaling a shaky breath. She looks up at me, her eyes welling up with tears.I sincerely hope they don't slide down her face. Else, I wouldn't forgive Caleb for bringing this up. Everything would have been going well if he hadn't felt pathetically insecure and blurted out this. “Th-this is from a knife stab?” she stammers, her voice barely audible. Her finger rubs the mark tentatively, before she drops her hand to her side. My teeth clenches hard enough to ache. This is exactly what I had spent years trying to prevent. When I found out that she couldn't remember the incident after her operation, I had sworn that I wouldn't return to New York or be around her anymore. But she came here, and I suddenly couldn't keep one promise. “It wasn't
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