The Games of the Heart
Perhaps it’s for the best, a clean break to heal the cracks in my heart.
Samuel helps me with my bags, transferring them from the taxi to Stefano’s sleek black Mercedes Benz G-Class. I pay the driver, my movements mechanical, my mind a thousand miles away. As we pull away, I turn back, my eyes searching the abandoned building, a desperate plea for Stefano to appear, to give me one last glimpse of his face. But he doesn’t come, and as the building fades from view, the sadness in my chest intensifies, a gaping wound that refuses to heal.
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