MY EX-WIFE'S GHOST

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ng in my scent. Responsible, calm, I felt. Feelings th

y. Her deep, slow,

nocently in my arms. Her long hair soft even when she was ill. Th

y is giving way, unfading but nothin

quickly. No prog

hangs around the corners of

conference room. Being informed she have a

turn to being in my

this calm wh

fear of breaking the new

ing to take t

ngs a lot of memory; O

or had melted my heart. Her longing was evid

k it to her anoth

bad. Something that will make all that we've build through these

he bottom of my

my spin. Fear of being caught.

ever fo

t

r creak

antly, her body r

emains in

Nu

r arms around my body. Her

smiling, "it's time f

nymore!", her body trembling agains

age. "Baby...", I shuddered, patting he

y", her voice came out hoarse and strained. S

d, taken aback by

e spoke, expressionless, unnervingly serene. She stepped

ng at th

ease don't leave", she pleaded tugging at

s streaming down her delicate e

scre

, heartbrea

ghting to hold her do

scaring

She's having another e

oice

orderliners grasped her arm tighter, pinning her d

She screamed again, this time wi

rained and face went pale. Her moan eases.

w, Sir", said the nurse with comp

the effect of the fluid. The orde

throat unwilling to move. I looked down at her calm frail body. Her soft breathin

ution to her pains

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iek from the ward of patients. The smell of antiseptic and something chilli

ed. At first, I'd wish it would never end, with my wife in my arms.

ng all of her. Our heart pounding against one another. Assuri

had never sc

to leave. It has shattered som

al gnaws in like a sn

e backed up, tilting her head while she looked at me

ed my gaze, an

and those gr

olor that distinguishes me from my folk.

inary. Even with

ed, dis

seen a ghost", she sai

f the strange feelings. "A

ntently, more like she was examining me. Reading m

smiled quietly to so

my teet

ething I couldn't pin down

talk to her?". A burs

"She's ha

hard. The anger clogged on my

ow. Her green eyes flicker,

u love

t her query "of cours

eyes bristled at me, her tone unyielding. Her temer

s,

mercy of your mothers. Why isn

frowned in confusion. Why am I responsible t

leave here" he

k. "I know. She doesn't belong here,

rene. "Maybe you should take her issues personally. From the food and water she eats.

but my mom said she stay where we can keep an eye on her

all these months have been for nothing. The guilt

uttered them. My mind went blank with my betrayal. My chest

eyes faltered. A gli

ut and placed a firm grasp on my should

a genuine connection.... A fam

plainable in the way we're connected, the way

away. Her back disappearing from the bal

ut Joyce's health. Maybe i

hospitals. The strange feelings lingers. The feeling of