Valentine Disappointment
"Ava, I was wrong. It's my fault—I made you suffer. I'll change, I swear. Please, just forgive me this one time."
His voice cracked as he continued, "Once you're better, I'll have Lucy move out. I only ever saw her as a sister. I'll make it clear to her, I promise. I'll get your necklace back, or buy you a better one. We can go back to how things were, can't we?"
By the time he finished, his head was bowed, and tears fell in heavy drops onto the hospital floor.
But his tears stirred nothing in me. They felt like part of a performance, a show I no longer had the patience to watch. The love and trust we'd once shared had been worn down to nothing, ground away by his neglect and my quiet despai
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