Hold me, still

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anything,”

e exact places to hit. Not that I could blame her seeing as she knows me so well. But I was not expecting that things would turn out this way. I m

she was going through something but you just de

r and brought her here means yo

ther. Everything that happened between us always had roots that went back to her father. Did it annoy me? Yes,

what the fuck? This is unlike you, Benji. She

the person you are saying I should have

n tried to reach out to her even

that? Did you dig into m

at the f

ow me. You don't know what I'

d a history to settle but she still came to you and you were not even the least bit nice to her. Come on, man, people

nd tech. I hated that he made sense. I walked out of his home, trying to bang the door which didn't work because the tech in this house was

d to ask what was going on with her life. A simple How are you doing could have sufficed instead of what I had said to her. How was it that I was an asshole to a woman who understood me better than any other person? How? Should I say I blame her? How was it that she looked so beautiful even

shirt and decided to go for a drive. Maybe going to my favourite cafe to get my favourite box

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oughnuts. I was still waiting for it when I

an with hair that was grey around the edges and a welcomin

turned to her. “Di

I don't know why she's not going to the police station because it would ha

? Maybe the child just wand

saw anyone take a child so I think she believes h

ut that woman sobbing made me approach her. And who would have t

alled out i

o come out of the store nearby. She kept on asking if they had seen

rom harassing a passerby who looked like

ho cried out as she strugg

k to me. What the fuck i

face. “You don't care about me. Do

a familiar face than faces you don't kn

ck but she gave me a paper that I ha

ead, ‘Do not think y

new this writing. I knew who exactly had written this

get this from

hen I turned and she was no longer there. Just that tiny piece of paper. And it just felt like the person had

uld come to haunt him. The major reason he had filed for a divorce was because he did not want Echo to be entangled in his mess. This was his alone t

ay to find out what was going o

t I need you to do something for me. Can you come

hy

able to

t to help me bef

y it had to be at the risk o

l I be able to get her

est. All I need is for you

never stopped

g within my power to ensure that her daughter no, our daughter was brought back safe and sound and it began with ensuring Echo’s safety. The