Faded Hearts, Renewed Love

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ble to hold myself together. My mind was all over the place, each thought colliding with the next. T

on. And everything that had happened with him. I n

he silence between us felt like it was spreading, like a wall that got higher

was just inside, talking to his mother or his father or someone. I couldn

old, dismissive looks, like I was nothing more than an inconvenience. "I just need to talk to h

rt drop. "Mr. Lams is busy right now," he s

asn't some random woman off the street. I was his wife. I had the r

of his time, but it was like talking to a brick wall. Finally, one of the guards

e doesn't want to see me? The sting of

Damon and me, but I never imagi

ten. But I didn't. I couldn't. Not when I

bout to leave the country. If I didn't tell him today, I migh

ide. He still didn't care, did he? He'd ignored my c

ospital doors. But when the guard came back and told me tha

The rain soaked through my clothes, but I didn't care. I had nothing left to hold on to. Nothing

ay here. I couldn't live like this. But how could I leave without telling Damon about our baby? How coul

didn't want me. And I didn't even know if I want

t for the hell of it. But he didn't an

thoughts. I was shaking. I didn't know if it was from the cold

when I

at first, as if I wasn't worth a second glance. I stood up, desperate for this moment. For him to see me. For

ard said, his tone harsh. "Mr.

t. He couldn't even look at me, even though I was carrying

turning his back. "Take the car out of here," he or

ut before I could even make a move, my feet slipped on the wet

n't even

ing, my heart shattering with every

d in hearing what I had to say, and he sure as hell

broke. I couldn't do this. I couldn't raise a child alone, especial

d and relentless, and I sat the