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r kidneys to Leah doesn't entitle he
tunate one with a matching organ.
d and bewildered, I couldn't b
were pierced through, each word piercing deepe
to be an act of love, not a ticket for his fami
is just a facade. Quickly end things with her before Tia comes bac
ey couldn't give me the money I needed for my mother's illness b
a business partner, he was
r before she suspects that she was simply
eyes, blurring th
rasting sharply with the promises of love Th
cruel words, and not defend the woman he claimed to
her so it doesn't look like she w
s was failing and you have been taking care of her, th
of my despair, the callousness of her
e, was nothing more than a transaction to
ss as I listened to her speak, the injustice of
eply personal, so profoundly selfles
oin this family. I was looking back at the de
st said, the weight of Theo's betrayal was
threatening to suffocate me. All the years together, all the dreams we
"yelled" His voice broke through the fog of thoughts. Reality crashed back in; the
eone who never tru
ight neon lights of a bar catch my e
ake it away, concentrating just on reaching the shelter am currently in s
e talking got softer. I felt better smellin
od as I took a seat, already reac
risks to my health or the conse
mething to shield me from the painful truth that threatened to consume me from within. For now,
out the courtesy of pouring it into a glass. The hot liquid burned as it
crushing weight of reality, a fleeting momen
is, it was not just about some amount of cash; it was about their blindness to the depth of my sacrifi
hands trembling, the slight sharp sound of glass ag
were standing in front of me, my voice surprisingly firm
e. And if you can't see that,
e haven't spoken since morning, she
you sorted the medical bills
ce thick with emotion. "I... I h
eavy in the air, mingling with the
ng out in a shaky whisper. "You tried to protect m
s spilling over as I reveal
was doing the right thing," I confessed, the sound of my
le, the silence felt so heavy, filled with the weight of unsaid words... regrets, and sh