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so happy,"

his phone and t

elia Doughty. Little or big, significant or insi

on the steering

and walked out of the school gate in a hu

est decision. With Alfie sudden appearance and his

check her bag,

grabb

eamed, looking up to see Alf

his car giving her

her aga

ng, but he caught

st him but pushed. She turned slowly

to nurse it. His eyes stayed on her back as she walked away,

ing this?" she w

her hand but Amelia was too quick he missed

ng his words from days before. "So

ck and looked

ting faster. "Why do I keep seeki

at the ground,

leave then she turned back once to

nothing, his jaw locked, h

ut waiting for an answer. The engine start

d of the car was gone. She took a

o his villa, gripping

door, the house went quiet. No one

cushions sat

e, Who?" His voice thun

on his n

e table and threw it to the floor.

he pieces with his bare hands. A sha

pered to each other a

anding there like s

t the sight of h

their faces, then turned an

bed and took out an old photo. He sat

oice cracking, "what

the photo t

othing changes. It was all

hoto still held against him

id quietly, "why does it

oto frame until the glass cra

younger face stared back, smilin

ndon me," he sa

it, then stopped, his hand shaking

waiting on his desk. Every piece of

the folder with his th

is face growing darker wit

held the child close, the same boy he h

"She used to tell me they were only best friends. How can

atisfy him. If anything, it left

alled his assistant. The lin

And anything else relate

ply, and one thought sat heavier than the