His Quiet Escape

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s ago, her face s

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f this life,

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ve her, not really. We had

tage replayed, sharp and clear. "B

rtain life choic

distant lately, always

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college yearbooks tucke

it, I saw her.

, always w

ughing, a real, unguarded la

ppy with him,

never showed wit

n so blind. Or maybe I j

buzzed ag

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went to v

diately. "Ethan, pick

it. "We" nee

lain. And I didn't ne

n settled in,

st strained; it was a

e clear: her caree

e. No

espair, so strong

h, the yearbook fall

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