Stolen Fiancée, Stolen Baby, Stolen Life
City lights reflected across the water, and the wind was strong.
She asked, "Why did you come to Regalton?"
I replied, "Because nobody here knows me."
She looked at me briefly and said nothing more.
Not everyone needed to know your past. Sometimes, all you needed was someone who was willing to stay.
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Day by day, I fell into a routine.
I went to my classes, finished my assignments, did my grocery shopping, and cooked for myself.
During my free hours, I worked on fixing the pendant.
The cracks were too deep to remove completely, so I found a jeweler who set the fragments in platinum. He managed to conceal the fractures beautifully, turning the broken pendant into something entirely new.