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ears

pposed to h

eople always

z, it only made

two years trying to f

him like h

when he dropped Mar

ery time his name ca

feel like if he looked at her

ard she tried, she could

assed by the kitchen where they once baked together-he would

what she

buri

olitely when

questions with sh

erself linger i

herself lo

et hers

ite all of that..

Marianne's l

an afte

someo

worth

. someone w

-

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ay near Taguig, flipping over twi

ere thre

fa

dr

name still mad

s sprea

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v survived with

ver? Ar

of reckless driving-loss of control due

a knew

ew her

anyone to drive reckles

th him

were r

spe

g it wasn't

ne wanted

crash w

ne could

to investigat

the ones

disap

wor

th came

her fel

stopped

olding what was left o

ld the

l condominium uni

ore

privat

with silverware

t b

e

ie

sile

ch si

down on her every morni

ed to liv

e thro

hing was fine eve

ghts when the sil

wed their way out fro

at the cracked ceiling above her,

he ever thoug

if he blam

f he missed

e thought the wors

her

y broke her si

-

e funeral, Mariann

t speak d

lis

hun

ands

ce wen

ispered, "He br

a f

ha

betrayed her. "He said... he met someon

stomach

said immediately. "Ky

anne did

lowly, like she a

already a

way," she murmured. "Tha

mething brea

she kn

now-she knew he wouldn't

thout

out expl

hout fi

ess

omeone m

was prot

ss he wasn't

y had fallen f

er to believe tha

ybe... he never lov

he use

d t

their

r mo

infl

the empir

lked

ing ever

-

eks, Bela watched h

opped going

arely

or hours, staring at the city lights like

her worke

ani

ok

ld friend

e could to keep f

Be

pt pre

rt didn't twist every

she didn't wa

at

p h

him

y

like

er si

not

e neve

she burie

d it

old h

er lov

anted wha

n it wa

was

-

lone in the dim glow of a desk lamp, staring at the f

the day they

lled up, flour sm

dly beside him, clut

dge of the photo

at her differe

Marianne'

ke a b

meone he ac

might've

ven car

since the accident, she

r her

r her

or he

been the first to

sed himself from her lif

ered into

ate

as she

it wasn

dn't h

hat she sti

ter eve

er the b

ter the

fter t

ill ha

ed her more t

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