The thought of not you
She ordered a drink, the whiskey burned going down, a sharp, welcome sting that distracted her from the ache in her chest, she stared at the glass, watching the way the light caught the amber liquid, she thought about how fragile everything was, how easily a life could unravel, how one day you are happy, and the next you are sitting in a dark bar, wondering where it all went wrong, she felt the tears finally come, silent and hot, tracking down her cheeks, she didn't bother to wipe them away, there was no one here to see, no one to care, she was utterly, completely alone.
The bartender, a grizzled man with kind eyes, slid a napkin over to her without a word, a small gesture of humanity that m
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