Severing All Our Ties
The memory of my happiness was carved just as deeply into his heart.
"I believe you, Zachary," I had told him. "I will always be by your side, and I will always love you, too, just like the stars love the moon."
Zachary tightened his grip on the paper star.
What had he done?
There was another paper star behind the ring.
Carefully, he unraveled it. I had written something on the inside, too. "Don't look for me, Zachary."
He knew, at that moment, that he had lost me forever.
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