POISONED AFFAIRS: Do Not Touch What's Mine

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w his gratitude for his love. He has seen so many Dads leave their families and he knew his father would never leave him no matter what and he never left. On the condition that he gets to shower himself, his father told him

t shook her head in disappointment and returned to her room. His father kept to

ning and at night she's back on her feet and taking care of the house. He will see her sick in the morning and by the time he returned from school, she was in the kitchen healthy and

ed his father too. He feared his nightmares were about to come to pass. Some days he feared going to school be

ind clean and the reason he would always

o make his

did jus

began to learn the family business and h

d suffered another nightmare and his

ut of him. He has never been more afraid. He spent hours turning and tossing on the bed that night and when he finally fell asleep, his mo

hing he had seen i

that night brought him back to life and when

idn't realize he was trembling in fright until he f

elt

elt

comfo

antly it stopped

t happ

onto his back while

reach the side of his chest where his heart was and grab onto it, fingers

e could not

r so sweetly and he stared into his eyes.

e, he tr

ever hurt

that will harm you. I love you too

s sore. He couldn't sit down for longer than a few seconds. He stayed in bed all day until the late evening when his father came to carry him down

better

xt morning when he was much stronger and his body hurt less, then he called him into the

d cried bitterly, his heart burned tightly in hi

t illness. The blood she would cough up, the sleepless nights, the

e thinks they are for these sorts of th

ill h

to be ther

he wa

her who is now the

her added to it... I'm sorry." He reached for h

nd there is no point picking fights

ully. His mother was still so very young just like his father. They

ain, what i

r had a mug of warm chocolate sitting beside his bed. He drank it all happily and came downs

om and waited until h

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d to rest and that night his fa

d me now, my baby. I promise you tonight that I am never going to marry any other woman. No one will take your mother's place and nobody would have my love but you alone. I will never get too busy for you and I will always be there when you need me."

addy, I-I promis

gged him and gently la

his day was that on the night his mother had died, she had caught them t

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